Garhwali Brahmin as Good As Untouchables गढ़वाली ब्राह्मण हरिजनो जैसे क्यों ?

History Aspects of Devprayagi or Badrinath Pandas those perceived other Brahmins as good as Untouchables

History of Upper Caste in Garhwal including Haridwar from 00 to 1500 and Spread of Untouchability and Caste based Slavery Part -3

                                

                   (Garhwal, Haridwar me Kaun Jati Kahan Se Ayi aur Kahan Basi)

       History of Garhwal including Haridwar (1223- 1804 AD) –part -56    

                                            

 History of Uttarakhand (Garhwal, Kumaon and Haridwar) -301 

                       By: Bhishma Kukreti (A History Research Student

 Dr Mohan Babulkar provided the brief history of Devprayagi (Badrinath) Pandas in Devprayagiyon ka Jatiya Itihas.

The histroy of Devprayagi Pandas start from the time when Jagadguru Shankracharya established Badrinath /Kedarnath dham and established Raghunath Ji temple in Dev Prayag around 800 AD. from that time, the Brahmins related to Shankrachary Math (South India) started to come to Garhwal and settled there  including Dev Prayag

There are eight Thoks of Dev Prayagi Pandas in Dev Prayag (Many are migrated to many places)

Thok -1 : Pujari and Karnatak

Thok-2 : Arjunya, , Raibani and Babuliye

Thok-3 : Akhniyan and Maliya

Thok-4: Kothiya (Later on settled in Koti)

Thok-5- Todriya

Thok -6 -Tailang, , Tevadi, Bandoliya and Chaube

Thok-7- Dhayani or Dhyani (now, settled in many places as dev Prayagi Bhatt )

Thok 8- Maharashtra and Palyal

These Thoks are no mre in existence:

Pujari bans and Bavan Hajai

            Mohan Babulkar states that these Pandas are Dravid, Tailang, karnatak, Guad or Maharashtrian

       Mohan Babulkar offered the inscriptions proofs that show most of above Thok of Pandas entered in Garhwal before 1500.

 Devprayagi Brahmins were very rigid in obeying the upper caste system and even they did not use to eat food cooked by their own relatives from Saryul Brahmin as Bahuguna and Uniyal etc. This class is also responsible to create division among Brahmins (Bhat Khana etc). Devprayagi Brahmins still do not wish to marry other than Pandas group.

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti Mumbai, India, bckukreti@gmail.com28/3//2014

History of Garhwal – Kumaon-Haridwar (Uttarakhand, India) to be continued… Part -302 

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(The History of Garhwal, Kumaon, Haridwar write up is aimed for general readers)

History of Garhwal from 1223-1804 to be continued in next chapter          

Notes on  South Asian Medieval History of Garhwal;  South Asian Medieval History of Pauri Garhwal;  Medieval History of Chamoli Garhwal;  South Asian Medieval History of Rudraprayag Garhwal;  South Asian Medieval History of Tehri Garhwal;  Medieval History of Uttarkashi Garhwal;  South Asian Medieval History of Dehradun, Garhwal;  Medieval History of Haridwar ;  South Asian Medieval History of Manglaur, Haridwar;  South Asian Medieval History of Rurkee Haridwar ;  South Asian Medieval History of Bahadarpur Haridwar ; South Asian History of Haridwar district to be continued