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Ethnic group
Saryupareen Brahmin
Regions with significant populations
Uttar Pradesh • Madhya Pradesh • Bihar • Chhattisgarh
Fiji • Mauritius • Suriname • Trinidad and Tobago • Guyana
Languages
First languages – Hindi •Awadhi • Bhojpuri
Second languages – Hindustani • Maithili
Fijian Hindi • Mauritian Bhojpuri • Caribbean Hindustani • English
Religion
Hinduism (100%)
Related ethnic groups
Kanyakubja Brahmins • Sanadhya Brahmin

Saryuparin Brahmins, also known as Saryupareen Brahmins, or Saryupari Brahmins, are a subcaste of the Kanyakubja Brahmins native to the eastern plain of the Sarayu, in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.

Origin

According to the legend connected with the origin of Sarayupari Brahmin, no Brahmin was prepared to accept food in the Yajna performed by Rama because Rama had killed Ravana, who was a Brahman. So Hanuman brought sixteen Kanyakubja Brahmin boys. These boys underwent thread ceremony in Ayodhya, they were fed and charities were offered to them. The boys were taken back to the Kanyakubja country by Hanuman but their parents refused to accept them. Therefore they settled on the bank of the river Saryu. According to another legend, the Brahmin brought from Kanyakubja were adults and experts in ritualistic performances. Among them, Brahmins of Garga, Gautam and Shandilya gotras were appointed as Udgata, Aghwarya and Brahma, respectively. Therefore, these Gotras are considered most prominent among Saryupareens.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ People of India: Uttar Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. 2005. ISBN 978-81-7304-114-3.
  2. Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003). India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India. Hurst. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-85065-670-8.
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