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'''Karekar''' is one of the common surnames of the [[Daivajna]] community, predominantly residing in [[Goa]], some parts of [[Karnataka]] and [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=goa>{{cite book|last=Śiroḍakara,Mandal, Anthropological Survey of India|first=Pra. Pā , H. K.|title=People of India: Goa|year=1993|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=8171547605|page=65}}</ref> They originally hail from ''Caraim'' village on [[Chorão (Island)|Chorão]] island in coastal Indian state of [[Goa]].They belong to various brahminical [[Gotra]]s(Bharadwaja,Kashyapa,Kaushika,
Shandilya,Sauparna)and use different surnames and titles and worship ''Gajantalakshmi Ravalanatha'' in the village of [[Mashel]], in Goa as their [[Tutelary deity]].<ref name=goa/><ref name=temple>{{cite book|last=Gomes Pereira|first=Rui|title=Goa: Hindu temples and deities|publisher=Pereira, 1978|pages=45}}</ref> Historically many of them were wealthy merchants who formed themselves into guilds or [[Shreni]], and also functioned as [[Mahajan]]s (money lenders, patrons of the temples etc.) and ''Ganvkars'' of the [[Comunidades of Goa|Ganvkari]] system.

==Citations==
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==References==
*{{Citation
|title = गोमंतक प्रकृति आणि संस्कृति;Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti;Part I;Part II
|author=Satoskar, B. D.
}}
*{{Citation
|title = People of India: Goa
|last1 = Singh |first1 = Kumar Suresh
|last2 = Prakashchandra |first2 = Shirodkar
}}

==See also==
*[[Daivajna surnames and Gotras]]
*[[Ravalnath]]
*[[Shett]]
*[[Goykanadi]]
*[[Tiswadi]]
*[[Chorão (Island)|Chorão]]
*[[Brahmins of Maharashtra]]

[[Category:Surnames]]

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