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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Brahmin community from Konkan region of India}}<br />
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'''Kudaldeshkar Gaud Brahmin''' is a Brahmin sub-caste from the western coast of [[India]], residing in the [[Konkan]] division of [[Maharashtra]] and [[Goa]]. They also known as '''Kudaldeshkar Aadya Gaud Brahmin''', '''Kudaldeshkar''' and sometimes '''Kudalkar Brahmins'''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Court-rejects-trusts-decision-not-to-let-non-Marathi-redevelop-south-Mumbai-property/articleshow/12527449.cms|title=Court rejects trust's decision not to let 'non-Marathi' redevelop south Mumbai property - Times of India|last=Thomas|first=Shibu|date=4 April 2012|work=The Times of India|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref> They speak [[Marathi language|Marathi]], and the [[Malvani dialect|Malwani]] dialect of [[Konkani language|Konkani]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:Maharashtra Districts.png|right|thumb|315px|Divisions of Maharashtra. The red region is an approximate indication of Konkan, the coastal region of Maharashtra and the ancestral home of Kudaldeshkars]]The Aadya Gaud Brahmins who settled near the Kudal region, from the region of Gudadesh near [[Shravasti]] in north India<ref>“Varna va Jati” by Dr M.V.Patwardhan, published by Vidharbha Marathwada book company, 1966</ref><ref>“Mathgaoncha shilalekha ani brahman Samant rajvansh” by V.A.Bambardekar, published by Mumbaivaibhav press, 1925</ref> and not from Bengal.{{fcn|date=June 2023}}{{qn|date=June 2023}}<br />
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== Philosophy ==<br />
Kudaldeshkar Gaud Brahmins follow [[Shankaracharya]]'s [[Advaita Vedanta|Advaita]] school of philosophy, and have their own three centuries old [[Matha]] in Dabholi village in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The first pontiff of the Shreemat Purnanand Swamiji<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.konkanonline.com/Sindhudurg/Purnanand-Swami-Math.html|title=Purnanand Swami Math &#124; Sindhudurg|access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref> was initiated into [[Sanyasa]] by Vishwananda Swamiji. The present 20th pontiff of the Math is Pradyumnanand Swamiji.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kdgbgoregaon.com/index.htm |title=About Dabholi Matha |access-date=14 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512173040/http://kdgbgoregaon.com/index.htm |archive-date=12 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Language==<br />
The original language of Kudaldeshkars is Malwani. The [[Malvani dialect]]s of [[konkani language|Konkani]] are also referred to as creoles between Konkani and Marathi. Today Malwani is more significantly identified as the principal language of Kudaldeshkars and also of the natives of the Sindhudurg district. There is no unique script or text characters for Malwani and it is generally written in Devanagari. They also speak [[Marathi language|Marathi]] in [[Maharashtra]], and [[konkani language|Konkani]] in [[Goa]] and [[Karnataka]]. Malwani is also called ''Kudali'', originally known as Kudwali.<ref>"Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti" by B.D. Satoskar, published by Shubhada Publication</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Goud Saraswat Brahmin]]<br />
*[[Kudal]]<br />
*[[Konkan]]<br />
*[[List of Goan Brahmin communities]]<br />
*[[Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins|Rajapur Brahmins]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.kudaldeshkar.com Kudaldeshkar Gaud Brahmin Snehavardhak Sangh]<br />
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{{Ethnic and social groups of Goa and Konkan}}<br />
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[[Category:Brahmin communities of Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Brahmin communities of Maharashtra]]<br />
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