• The Dadheech Brahmins, more usually called Dahima and also spelled Dadhich, which is their preferred spelling, are a subgroup of Brahmins in the Indian...
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    Puru Dadheech (Purushottam Dadheech, 17 July 1939) is a Kathak dancer. He is a choreographer and educator of Indian classical dance, and is known for his...
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    Pushkarna, Nagar, Pareek, Dadheech and Bias but majority of them has Gaur lineage. Though they have been described as a Brahmin group which mediates matrimonial...
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    existed at least as long ago at 608 CE. It is an important site for the Dadheech Brahmins, and, as one of 52 shaktipiths, significant to the Shaktism tradition...
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    the Government of India. Usha was born on 8 November 1947 into a Tamil Brahmin Iyer family in Mumbai. Her father was Vaidyanath Someshwar Sami Iyer. She...
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    was of Brahmin heritage and from the city of Varanasi, but had settled in Kolkata for many years. Her father, Sukhdev Maharaj, was a Brahmin gentleman...
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    Bhimsen Joshi was born on 4 February 1922 in a Kannada Deshastha Madhva Brahmin family to Gururajrao Joshi and Godavaribai at Ron in Dharwad district in...
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    its 14th edition in 2018. Jitendra was born in priestly Padye Karhade Brahmin family in Mangeshi, Goa. His family was traditionally attached to the Mangeshi...
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    for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Malini was born in a Tamil Iyengar Brahmin family to Jaya Lakshmi and VSR Chakravarti Iyengar in Ammankudi, Madras...
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    Vijayan, with whom he formed the famous Jaya-Vijaya team, were born in a Brahmin family as the third and fourth sons of late Gopalan Thanthrikal and late...
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