Mahrashtra Brahmans in Varanasi

This article provides some sense of the scholarship of Maharashtra Brahmans who had migrated to Varanasi. The eminent families were Bhattas, Devas, Sesas, Puntambkars, Caturdharas, Bharadavajas atleast the Bhattas and the Puntambekars belonged to the Desastha Rigvedi section. That was a long time ago, religious and philosophic scholarship declined subsequently, the chitpavan and karhada sects took the the leadership in subsequent times.

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