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Goud (also spelt as Gaud or Gawd) Saraswat Brahmins are a Hindu Brahmin community in India and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community. They are popularly referred to as GSBs. They are Konkani people and primarily speak Konkani as their mother tongue. They are the first Rigvedic Brahmins.
They claim their origin to the Brahmins who lived on the banks of the now-extinct river Saraswati of Pakistan Punjab or Kashmir. They derived their name from either the river Saraswati or from their spiritual leader, the sage Saraswat Muni(sage) who lived on the banks of Saraswati. These Brahmins were one of the Pancha Gawda Brahmin groups who lived north of the Vindhyas. They belonged to Smarta tradition and primarily worshiped the five deities: Shiva, Vishnu, Devi, Surya and Ganesha. Throughout the course of history, the Saraswat Brahmins have migrated to a variety of locations and are found mostly in Western coast of India.
Mutts[edit]
Lord Shri Krishna (Kota Kashi Math)
Shri Gaudapadacharya Math (Kavale, Ponda, Goa), Advaita school with Gaudapadacharya as Adi Guru
Gokarna Partagali Jeevottam Mutt (Partagali-Cancona, Goa), Dvaita School with Madhva Sampradaya
Sri Kashi Math (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh), Dvaita Sampradaya
Sri Chitrapur Math (Shirali, Karnataka), Advaita School with Gaudapadacharya as Adi Guru
Rituals[edit]
During the eighth month of pregnancy, a woman moves to her mother's house, especially during the birth of her first child. The expecting mother also performs Ganapathi Pooja for a successful delivery and a healthy child. On the 6th day, a pen and lamp are kept near the child's head, symbolic of a wish for an intelligent child. On the 12th day, the naming and cradling ceremony is performed wherein the paternal grandmother whispers the child's name into his/her ear and a horoscope is cast.[citation needed] When the child turns three months old, they are taken to the temple, and thereafter the child goes to the father's abode.[1]
Festivals[edit]
GSB's celebrate almost all festivals in Hinduism, and follow the Hindu lunar calendar (Panchang in Konkani) that gives the days on which the fasts and festivals should be observed.[2]
Cuisine[edit]
Main article: Saraswat cuisine
Notables[edit]
Main article: List of Gaud Saraswat Brahmins
See also[edit]
Goud Saraswat Brahmin[edit]
Goud Saraswat Brahmins of Cochin
List of Goud Saraswat Brahmins
Other Saraswat Brahmin Community[edit]
List of Goan Brahmin Communities
List of Saraswats
Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins
Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Welcome to GSB Konkani". Gsbkonkani.net. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
Jump up ^ "Fasts and Festivals". Gsbkonkani.net. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
Further reading[edit]
Suryanath U Kamath (1992). The origin and spread of Gauda Saraswats.
Venkataraya Narayan Kudva (1972). History of the Dakshinatya Saraswats. Samyukta Gauda Saraswata Sabha.
Ramachandra Shyama Nayak. Saraswath Sudha.
External links[edit]
GSB websites[edit]
www.gsb.in
www.gsbkonkani.net
www.gsblagna.com
GSB Community[edit]
GSB – Kerala
GSB – Coimbatore
GSB – Mumbai
GSB – UK
GSB – UAE
GSB Organizations[edit]
GSB Seva Mandal – Mumbai
GSB Sarvajanic Ganesholsava Samiti – Mumbai
GSB Samaj Seva Sangh – Vasai, Thane (Dist.)
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Ethnic groups, social groups and tribes of Goa and the Konkan region
Saraswats
Goud Saraswat Brahmins Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins Kudaldeshkar Gaud Brahman
Daivajnas
Daivajna
Karhades
Karhade Padye Bhatt Prabhu
Konkanasthas
Chitpavan Brahmins Kramavant Joshi
Maratha
Maratha 96 Kuli Maratha Konkan Maratha
Bhandaris
Bhandari Samaj
Gomantak Maratha
Gomantak Maratha Samaj Naik Maratha Samaj Nutan Maratha Samaj
Vaishya
Vaishya Vani
Vishwakarmas
Vishwakarma Manu Maya Brahmins Kansar
Kulvadi
Gauda and Kunbi Kunbi
Kharvi
Kharvi
Others
Madval Dhangar Gavli Chamar Mahar (Mhar) Siddis of Karnataka
Roman Catholics
Goan Catholics Karwari Catholics Mangalorean Catholics
Islam
Goan Muslims Konkani Muslims Nawayath
