Bhatt Prabhu

Bhatt Prabhu

Bhatt Prabhu Brahmin ( commanly known as Parabhu in Konkani ) community belongs to Panch Darvida category of Brahmins, and is a sub-caste of Karhade Brahmin community.ethnic group
group = Parabhu people
परभू किंवा भट प्रभु |
poptime = few thousands
popplace = Primary populations in:
*Goa

Populations in:
*United Kingdom
*United States

langs = Konkani , Marathi
rels = Hinduism
related = Konkani people , Brahmin , Indo-Aryans , Arya
related=
*Karhade
*Padye
*Chitpavan
*GSB
*Daivajna

History

It is believed that these people migrated with their Kuldevta from Karhatak ( present day Karad in Maharashtra ) and settled in different parts of Goa in pre-Portuguese period, thus this community gets its name Parabhu, ( par - different, other, bhu - land , literal meaning : migrated from other land )Bhatt prabhus speak standard Sanskritised Konkani.This community is believed to have settled in Goa many hundred years after Brahmins Saraswati Mandal settled in Goa. This community is found only in Goa, especially in Ponda taluka.

ome common surnames of Bhatt Prabhu Brahmins

* Prabhu Miringkar
* Prabhu Desai
* Prabhu Borkar
* Devari
* Prabhu Sawkar
* Prabhu Gaonkar
* Upadye

Kuldevtas of Bhatt Prabhu Brahmins

* Navadurga
* Shivnath Mahamaya
* Mahalasa
* Mahalakshmi

ee also

*Padye


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