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{{Short description|Indian Hindu Brahmin subcaste}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
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|group=Golconda Vyapari Brahmin
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|popplace=[[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]]
|langs=[[Mother tongue]] is [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|rels=[[Hinduism]] ([[Vaishnava]])
|related = [[Deshastha Brahmin]] • [[Niyogi Brahmin]]
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'''Golconda Vyapari Brahmin''' (also referred as '''Vyapari Brahmins'''), is a [[Telugu Brahmin]] [[Caste|subcaste]] native to the Indian state of [[Telangana]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]], but are also found in [[Maharashtra]] and other parts of [[South India]]. In the Telangana region they served as [[Karanam]]s (village accountants) and other higher officials under [[Qutb Shahi dynasty|Qutb Shahis of Golconda]] and [[Nizams of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qtxlCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT34|page=34|title=Medieval Andhra: A Socio-Historical Perspective|last=Pandey|first=Alpana|date=2015-08-11|publisher=Partridge Publishing|isbn=978-1-4828-5017-8|language=en}}</ref> Golconda Vyaparis are [[Vaishnava]]s and have both [[Madhvas]] and [[Sri Vaishnava]]s among them. Majority of them are followers of [[Madhva Sampradaya]] of [[Madhvacharya]], but there are also a few among them who follow [[Sri Vaishnavism]] of [[Ramanuja]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Social Change in Village India: An Andhra Case Study|author=Y. Subhashini Subrahmanyam|year=1975|publisher=Prithvi Raj Publishers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=es4iAAAAMAAJ|page=71|quote=The Madhwas or Golconda Vyapari Brahmins follow the teachings of their Guru Madhwachari who preached Dvaita in contrast to Sankaracharya's Advaita which believes that the Jivatma (soul of the individual) and Paramatma (cosmic soul) ...}}</ref> They are believed to be sub-branch of [[Niyogi Brahmin]]s and got separated after their conversion to [[Vaishnava]]s, but they consider themselves as a separate group and have their own caste organizations. Golconda Vyaparis are closely related to [[Deshastha Brahmin]]s and have intimate relations with them. Marriages between Golconda Vyaparis and [[Deshastha Brahmin]]s are very common.<ref>{{cite book|title=Indo-British Review Volume 10|year=1983|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DA5uAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Indo-British Historical Society|page=44|quote=Deshastha Brahmans, and Golkonda Vyaparis with whom they were linked by marriage, came to power during the time of the last Bahmani Diwan, Mahmud Gawan (d. 1481).}}</ref> During the times of the [[Golconda Sultanate]], [[Deshastha Brahmin]]s who already were serving as high-level administrators under Qutub Shahis replaced Niyogis at the village level as revenue officers with the help of Golconda Vyaparis.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQpDAAAAYAAJ|title=Itihas Volume 5|year=1977|publisher=Director of State Archives, Government of Andhra Pradesh|page=65|quote=Desastha Brahmins who held the important position of authority in the Deccan, and also Golconda Vyaparis with whom they have intimate connections. Thus at the village level, the old Niyogis who, for several centuries, had built up their power were slowly replaced by the Desastha Brahmins.}}</ref> In 1579 Khasa Rayarao, a Deshastha Brahmin who was the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of [[Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali|Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah]] captured [[Kondaveedu Fort]]. After that, Khasa Rayarao was made the Governor of the Kondaveedu Sima (present Guntur district) by changing its name to Murtazanagar Sircar and kept the financial administration of this region in his hands. Khasa Rayarao appointed many Deshastha Brahmins, Golkonda Vyaparis, and Kammas as [[Deshmukh]]s and [[Chowdary]]s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P5gzTp13AXQC&pg=PA112|title=State and Society: A Reader in Comparative Political Sociology|author=Coenraad M. Brand|year=1973|page=112|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520024908 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Revealing the missing links|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hans/2016-07-24/Revealing-the-missing-links/244188|publisher=Hans India|date=24 July 2016}}</ref>

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[[Category:Telugu Brahmin communities]]
[[Category:Social groups of Telangana]]

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