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CHITPAVAN KONKANASTHA BRAHMINS’ HISTORY


(PROTO AND PRE)

Author:

Vibhakar V. Lele
B.E. B.Sc. LL.B.
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AUTHOR
VIBHAKAR LELE
BE, BSC, LLB

PROFFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT

RESEARCHER WITH INTEREST IN MANY SUBJECTS


(Topics of interest: Mathematics, Astronomy, Cosmogony, Science,
Engineering, Genetics, Physics, Chemistry, Molecular Sciences)

PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH AND INDIAN LANGUAGES


and in Literature Researcher of Oriental Disciplines of Philosophy,
Mysticism, Yoga, Jnana, Bhakti, Tantra, Vedas and the
Upanishadas

Connoisseur of Saint Dnyaneshwar's Siddha-Maha-yoga/


Kundaliniyoga & Patanjali's Yoga

GURU Tradition: Main Line of Natha Siddha tradition from


Adinatha - Umadevi - Matsyendranatha - Gorakshanatha -
Gahininatha - Nivrittinatha - Dnyaneshwar - Satyamalanatha -
Gaibinatha - Sadhvi Mai Guptanatha - Udbodhanatha -
Kesarinatha – Shivdeenanatha - Naraharinatha -
Mahipatinatha - Vasudevanatha
INHERITANCE:
1. Gaudapada's tradition from Shrimat Acharya Shankar –
Adwaitananda – Satyadevananda
2. Siddha tradition of Nityananda – Avadhutananda

Author of Marathi Book


‘Yogada Shri Dnyaneshwari’ And Its 12 Parts).
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Books In This Series In English: ‘Yoga Of Gita Expounded By


Saint Shri Dnyaneshwar’

1. Philosophy and Yoga Of Gita And Dnyaneshwari


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2: Autobiography of A Natha Siddha Yogi [Travails Of A


Mystique`]
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Processes and Methods [Pantharaja]
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5. The Universe – Saint Dnyaneshwar on Jeeva-Jagat-Ishwara


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6. Upasana - Methods of Worship

Vibhakar Lele
Author
Other books by this author in this series –
‘Origins of Chitpavan Brahmins’:
1. Sarasvati River – Ancestral Home of Chitpavan Brahmins
Pubished Print copy available at Pothi.com
http://pothi.com/pothi/book/vibhakar-vitthal-lele-chitpavans-
ancestral-home-sarasvati-river
2. Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins’ History [Proto- and Pre-]
Pubished Print copy available at Pothi.com
https://pothi.com/pothi/book/vibhakar-vitthal-lele-chitpavan-
konkanastha-brahmins-history-proto-and-pre
3. Essentials Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins' History [Proto- And
Pre-]
Pubished Print copy available at Pothi.com
https://pothi.com/pothi/book/vibhakar-
vitthal-lele-essentials-chitpavan-
konkanastha-brahmins-history-proto-and-
pre
4. Other Brahmin communities in Relation
to Chitpavan Brahmins

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ORIGINS OF CHITPAVAN BRAHMINS

CHITPAVAN KONKANASTHA BRAHMINS’
HISTORY (PROTO AND PRE)
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CONTENTS
DEDICATION.................................................................................................. 14
INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK ............................................................... 16
ORIGINS OF CHITPAVAN BRAHMINS - CHITPAVAN
KONKANASTHA BRAHMINS’ HISTORY (PROTO- AND PRE)Error! Bookmark not defined.
FOREWORD......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Expression of Gratitude ................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
PART I ................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 1 .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
BRIEF DETAILS ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Source-1 ........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Source-2 ........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
VYADESHVARODAYA KAVYA (1627 AD) by MAHA-KAVI
VISHWANATH: .............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Source 3 Mr. N. S. Rajpurohit’s paper on Talagunda and Chiploon
Agraharas ......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Source 4 ............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Source 5: Pulakeshi’s Shila-lekha .... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Source 6. Dr. Ambujkishor Jha’s NarrativeError! Bookmark not
defined.
CHAPTER 2 .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
PRESENTATION ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 3 .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
ANCESTORS: .................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 4 .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
KULADEVATA ................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 5 .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
FIRST MIGRATION DOWN SOUTH TO AMBEJOGAI:Error! Bookmark not d
CHAPTER 6 .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
SECOND MIGRATION TO VANAVASI NEAR SHIMOGAError! Bookmark n
CHAPTER 7 .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
THIRD AND SUBSEQUENT MIGRATION TO KOKANError! Bookmark not d
CHAPTER 8 .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
GENESIS OF CHITPAVAN NOMENCLATUREError! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 9 .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
ETYMOLOGY OF ‘CHITPAVAN’ ACCORDING TO THIS
AUTHOR........................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 10 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
HIRANYAKESHI LELE KULVRUTTANT . Error! Bookmark not defined.
*SETTLEMENT IN KOKAN AROUND 200 AD*Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 11 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
BAJIRAO PESHWA ........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
THE GREAT HINDU CHITPAVAN GENERALError! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 12 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
LEGENDARY LINK TO PARSHURAM ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.
AND ITS LOGICAL ANALYSIS ................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 13 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
ANCIENT MIGRANTS TO THE SOUTH INDIA IN THE
FOOTSTEPS OF SAGE AGASTI .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 14 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
ROOTS OF CHITPAVANS BASED ON HAPLOTYPE STUDIES
DEBUNKING THEIR FOREIGN ORIGIN THEORIESError! Bookmark not de
CHAPTER 15 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
PLEISTOCENE TIMES OF PARSHURAM . Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 16 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
PRE-REQUISITES OF A THEORY ON CHITPAVANS’ PROTO-
HISTORY AND ROOTS ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 17 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
SHORTCOMINGS OF THE KNOWN THEORIESError! Bookmark not defined
CHAPTER 18 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ‘CHITPAVAN’Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 19 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
IRANO-SYTHIAN- ARYAN ORIGIN, GENETIC STUDIES AND
HAPLOTYPES ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 20 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
CAUTION FOR INTERPRETING STUDIESError! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 21 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
ARYAN INVASION THEORY ....................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 22 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
IMPORTANCE OF OBSCURE PIECES OF INFORMATIONError! Bookmark
CHAPTER 23 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
MAGA BRAHMINS......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 24 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
LELE KULVRITTANT ....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 25 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
HISTORIC SETTLEMENT IN KONKAN.... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 26 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
DWIVEDAS OF THE CHITPAVANS ........... Error! Bookmark not defined.
YAJURVEDA AND RIGVEDA, AND SHAKAL SHAKHA Error!
Bookmark not defined.
GOTRAS .......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 27 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
ORIGINAL AND VERY ANCIENT VEDIC TRADITIONS OF
CHITPAVAN BRAHMINS ............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 28 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS ................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 29 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
THE SCRIPTURES FOLLOWED BY ........... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHITPAVAN BRAHMINS ............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 30 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
USEFULNESS OF THE VEDIC PAST IN THE MATTERError! Bookmark not
CHAPTER 31 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
THE BRANCHES OF VEDAS ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
CONCURRENT WITH THOSE OF THE CHITPAVANS:Error! Bookmark not
CHAPTER 32 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
THEORIES ON SYTHO-ASIAN-IRANIAN-BERBER -
EUROPEAN AND OTHER FOREIGN ROOTS AND
IMPLICATIONS .............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 33 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
SURNAMES OF CHITPAVAN BRAHMINSError! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 34 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
MIGRATORY INDICATORS AND ROUTE OF CHITPAVANSError! Bookma
CHAPTER 35 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
SIXTY KULAS AND SURNAMES OF THE CHITPAVANSError! Bookmark no
CHAPTER 36 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS OF WORSHIP (SAMPRADAYAS)
OF CHITPAVANS: .......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 37 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
A CLUE TO CHITPAVANS’ ANCESTORS’ MIGRATORY
ROUTE .............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
KULADEVATAS OF CHITPAVANSError! Bookmark not
defined.
KULADEVATAS ............................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
KULASWAMIS ............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
GOTRAS .......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 38 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
WHY THE CHITPAVANS SETTLED ALONG THE KOKAN
COAST .............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 39 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHITPAVANI DIALECT ............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 40 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
OTHER ANCIENT SETTLEMENTS OF CHITPAVANSError! Bookmark not d
Sevaka Brahmins of Kachchha, Gujrat .......... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 41 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
KULADEVATAS OF KANNAD CHITPAVANS AND THEIR
MIGRATION .................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 42 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
DISINFORMATION ON THE ROOTS AND PROTO-HISTORY
OF THE CHITPAVAN BRAHMINS ............. Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 43 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
‘VYADESHVARODAYA KAVYA’: BY VISHWANATHError! Bookmark not d
CHAPTER 44 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
LOCATIONAL DETAILS OF PARSHURAMA’S BRAHMINS
FROM KAVERI SIDE BEFORE COMING TO KOKANError! Bookmark not d
CHAPTER 45 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
GONDHAL AND BODAN CUSTOMS .......... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 46 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
BACKGROUND OF PRESENTATION ........ Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 47 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Other Brahmin Communities In Relation to Chitpavan
Konkanastha Brahmins.................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Preface .............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Pre-Historic Settlements of Vedic Brahmins in Pan-India ....... Error!
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Kadamba Dynasty’s Connection ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Migrations of Brahmins from the North to the South of India . Error!
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History of Vadama Brahmins .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
General Conditions of Historical Turmoil ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Effect upon Brahmins’ migrations .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Aarama Dravidulu ............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Iyar Brahmins ................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Chitrapur Sarasvata ......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Sarasvata Brahmins ......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Veda Shakhas ................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Present Habitats South of Kaveri ..... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Gotra and Pravar............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
The classical system of Gotra and Pravar ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Ethnicity and Related ethnic groups . Error! Bookmark not defined.
Dr. Jay Dixit in 'Chitpavanism' ....................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Study by Sonali Gaikwad and VK Kashyap ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Irawati Karve on Sahyadri Khanda ................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Vadama Brahmins ............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Languages spoken by Brahmin communitiesError! Bookmark not
defined.
Agraharas of Brahmins .................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Shakadveepiya Brahmins ................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Food habits ....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Worship, Devi and Kuladaivatas ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Vedic duties and rituals .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Etymology & Chitpavan Proto-Id .... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Parashurama connect ........................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Sahyadri Khanda .............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Parashurama and Ambejogai .......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Parashurama and ‘Vyadeshwarodaya’ .......... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Parashurama and Corpses/foreigners/fishermen disconnectError! Bookmark not
Surnames from professional Vedic workError! Bookmark not
defined.
Different Nomenclatures and Professions of Maga BrahminsError! Bookmark no
CHAPTER 48 .................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Miscellanea in the Context of Other Brahmin Communities In
Relation To Chitpavan Konkanastha BrahminsError! Bookmark not defined.
Vedas ................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Vedic Regions Chitpavan Brahmins' Ancestors came from, in the
Ancient Vedic Times (5000 ybp/ 3000 BC)Error! Bookmark not
defined.
Chitpavans’ Ancestral Domicile Around 5000 ybp:Error! Bookmark not defined.
Revised Chronology of Indian Pre-history Based upon Vedic textsError! Bookm
Iyengars ............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Śākadvīpīya Brahmins ...................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 49 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Some relevant extracts from NSR paper ........ Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 50 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
SOME NOTES TO RESEARCHERS FOR RESEARCHING
CHITPAVAN BRAHMINS’ HISTORY (PROTO AND PRE)Error! Bookmark n
This Author’s Letter to Mr Deepak Gore /20.04.2013 on Chitpavan
Pre- and Proto-history: .................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Emperor Pulkeshi and Chitpavan Brahmins . Error! Bookmark not defined.
On Research of Chitpavan Brahmins’ Proto HistoryError! Bookmark not defined
AN Extract from Author’s Letter to a ResearcherError! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 51 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
V. K. Kashyap Et Al’s Research Paper on Chitpavan GeneticsError! Bookmark n
CHAPTER 52 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Aryan Invasion Theory Refuted ...................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 53 .................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
David Frawley and ancient Indian History .... Error! Bookmark not defined.
CHAPTER 54 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
‘Chitpavans’ - From Indian Unrest by Valentine Chirol, 1910Error! Bookmark n
CHAPTER 55 ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
CONCLUSION OF THE RESEARCH ON CHITPAVAN
KONKANASTHA BRAHMINS’ HISTORY (PROTO AND PRE)Error! Bookma
1. Why are they Dwivedis, unlike other Brahmins:.................. Error!
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2. Why do they worship Yogeshwari of Ambejogai as Kuladevata:
.......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3. Why is the Vindhyavasini Chitales'& Some Chitpavans’
Kuladevata: ...................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
4. Did Chitpavans’ ancestors go directly to Chiploon from
Ahichhatra in UP: ............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
5. Why Mahalakshmi of Kolhapur is the Kuladevata of some of the
Chitpavans: ....................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
6. Where were Chitpavans before 1600 AD:Error! Bookmark not
defined.
7. From which river Payaswini Parashurama sought Chitpavans’
ancestors for re-settlement at Guhagar:Error! Bookmark not
defined.
8. From where did the Chitpavans’ ancestors come: Ambejogai,
Payaswini, Vanavasi or Ahichhatra: . Error! Bookmark not defined.
9. How did Karnataka Brahmins know the etymology of ‘Chitpavan’
derived from ‘Agnihotra Pavitra’/ ‘Agnihotrapavan: ............... Error!
Bookmark not defined.
Some might question how was it that the neighbours in Karnataka
know that the etymology of ‘Chitpavan’ arose from earlier IDs of
‘Agnihotra Pavitra’/‘Agnihotrapavan’ to ‘Pavan’ and then to
Chitpavan’; why were the Chitpavans not aware of it. ............. Error!
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10. The etymological connection of ‘Chitpavan’ to the Persian word
‘Kshatrapavan’: ................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
What were Chitpavans called before coming to Konkan: ........ Error!
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One wonders what etymological connection the word ‘Chitpavan’
has to the Persian word ‘Kshatrapavan’ and how to explain the
meaning of Chitpavan in older Persian.Error! Bookmark not
defined.
Although the meanings of ‘Pavan’ and ‘Agni’ in Sanskrit, and ‘Chit’
of Sanskrit and ‘Pavan’ of Persian, overlap, it has been conclusively
shown in ........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
11. Did Chitpavans go from Ambejogai to Konkan via Vanavasi:
.......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
12. Why were the Khares from Kaveri side accepted into
Chitpavans’ community: .................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
13. How did Chitpavans’ ancestors in Konkan identify the
newcomers to Konkan arriving after several hundred years from
distant lands: ..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
14. Trihotra Brahmins of Konkan mentioned in Sahyadri Khand:
.......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
15. The Sahyadri Khand calls the ‘Chitpavans’ as
‘Agnihotraparayana’, brought by Parashurama from Desha region;
.......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
16. The little known details given in Lele Kulavrittanta: ......... Error!
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17. The connection of river named Hiranyakeshi at Amboli in
Konkan to the history of Chitpavans:Error! Bookmark not defined.
18. What was the Vedic past of Chitpavans and their ancestors?
.......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
19. Tamrapatas of 1000AD with Chitpavan surnames like
Patwardhan, Bapat etc. ..................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
20. CHITPAVANS’ ASSOCIATION WITH PARSHURAM: Error!
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FINAL NOTE ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
EPILOGUE ........................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Ganapati Temple at Ganapati Pule District Ratnagiri ................................... 2
Coastal Shipping at Velneshwar ....................................................................... 3
DEAR READER: ............................................................................................... 3

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DEDICATION
An Ode to the Ancestors of Chitpavan Brahmins

THEIR TRAVAILS WERE LONG,


THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM WHEREVER THEY CAME.
THE MIGRATORY ROUTE INVOLVED TRAVEL PROBABLY
FROM ONE EXTREMITY OF
PAN-VEDIC CIVILIZATION, STRETCHING FROM INDONESIA
-KAMBOJ TO PERSIA - ASIA MINOR, EAST TO WEST AND
THE HIMALAYAS TO
THE PALK STRAITS, NORTH TO SOUTH:
OVER THE TEN MILENNIA,
WHAT HAPPENNED TO THEM, HOW THEY FACED THE
CHALLENGES OF FREQUENT MIGRATIONS OVER LONG
DISTANCES AND UNKNOWN LANDS IS SO MUCH A MATTER
OF READING RIGHT THROUGH THEIR VEDIC PAST AND
VISUALISING:
I BOW TO THEM, MY ANCESTORS, FOR THE RICH
HERITAGE
THEY HAVE LEFT TO US, THEIR CHILDREN.
THIS BOOK IS BUT A SMALL TRIBUTE TO THEM
TO PAY THE DEBT OF THE FOREFATHERS BY TRYING TO
PUT THEIR HISTORY IN A BETTER PERSPECTIVE AND
PAY PROPER OBESEIANCE TO THEIR LONG FORGOTTEN
SAGA.
MAN SEES HIMSELF IN HIS CHILD.
LET THEM BE HAPPY WHEREEVER THEY MAY BE,
REJOICING THE STILL UNFOLDING SAGA OF THEIR
ADVENTURES BEING PLAYED BY THEIR CHILDREN,
ON THE LARGER CANVAS OF THE GLOBE ITSELF,
FROM JAPAN IN THE EAST TO CALIFORNIA IN THE WEST,
FROM NORDIC NORTH TO THE SOUTH POLE,
STEPPING INTO THEIR FOOTSTEPS,
WE, THEIR BELOVED CHILDREN,
DARE TO GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE.
PRAY LET THEM BESTOW BLESSING UPON US
IN THIS CONTINUING VENTURE;
OM
SHANTI: SHANTI: SHANTI:
Vibhakar V. Lele

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ORIGINS OF CHITPAVAN BRAHMINS



CHITPAVAN KONKANASTHA BRAHMINS’ HISTORY
(PROTO- AND PRE)

INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK

This book pieces together the most important story of who they
were, from where they came, their Kuladevatas, original
habitats, customs and other important details. It categorically
disproves the ancient hollow anecdotes based upon the mere
mythical propositions and conjectural guesswork. The author
would like to share the story with Chitpavans and well-wishers.

Dr Rosalind O’Hanlon, Professor of Indian history and culture,


Oriental Institute, Oxford, who is researching in the Chitpavan
Brahmins’ history, during a communication, informed me on the
underlying article on ‘The Roots Of Chitpavan Brahmins’ of
which this book is a further elaboration that she found it most
interesting and very much enjoyed, and learned from, all of the
materials that this author had collected therein.

Sources-1: Research paper by Mr. N. S. Rajpurohit, An


eminent archaeologist from Karnataka, on Talagunda
inscriptions;
2. Mr. Korati Sri Niwas Rao's book on ‘Sri Raghavendra
Charitra’ (Kannada);
3. ‘Vyadeshwaroda Mahakavya’ by Vishwanatha (Early 17th
century AD)
4. Lele Kulavrittanta and
5. Samrata Pulakeshi’s Shila-lekha
6. Late Shri Ramakrishna Jha’s historical narrative through
his grandson Dr. Ambujkishore Jha

This book, with annexures, comprises of the propositions about the


prehistory of Chitpavan Brahmins. Most of the important scattered
details have been put in place to stitch together the ancient and
medieval history of Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins. At the same
time, the author delves into their proto-history from the times of
sage Agasti.
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Ganapati Temple at Ganapati Pule District Ratnagiri
Coastal Shipping at Velneshwar
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