Brahman-Malvi: Deccan

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Brahman-Malvi

This article is an extract from THE CASTES AND TRIBES OF H. E. H. THE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS BY SYED SIRAJ UL HASSAN Of Merton College, Oxford, Trinity College, Dublin, and Middle Temple, London. One of the Judges of H. E. H. the Nizam's High Court of Judicature : Lately Director of Public Instruction. BOMBAY THE TlMES PRESS 1920 Indpaedia is an archive. It neither agrees nor disagrees with the contents of this article. Secondly, this has been scanned from a book. You can help by sending the corrected version/ additional information to the Facebook page, Indpaedia.com. All information used will be duly acknowledged.

The Malvi Brahmans are found scattered in small numbers all over the Marathawada Districts. They are immigrants from Malwa and the adjoining country and hence are called Malvi Brahmans. They belong to the Boudhayana Shakha (included in the Vajaseniya) of the Shukla Yajmveda and have eponymous sections of the same character as other Yajurvedi Brahmans. Being outsiders, as well as being deficient in their acharas, they are generally considered degraded by the Maratha Brahmans, and are not admitted to the communion of food. They are Shaivas and their tutelary deities are Bhavani of Tuljapur and Mahur and Khandoba of Jejuri. Narsinha and Vyankatesh are also revered. They are priests, shop-keepers, culti- vators, artizans, astrologers and jagirdars.