Padmanabha Tirtha (Shobhana Bhatta) (samadhi 1324 CE), a
HinduDvaita philosopher, dialectician, the direct disciple of
Madhvacharya and the acharya who is known for spreading
Tattvavada outside the Tulunadu region.[3]
Narasimha Saraswati - A prominent 14th Century Indian Guru of the Dattatreya Tradition (Sampradaya) . According to the Gurucharitra, he is considered as the 2nd Avatara of Dattatreya in this yuga.
Saraswati Gangadhar - 16th Century poet and author of Gurucharitra. Even though his mother tongue was Kannada, he was considered a prolific writer in Marathi.
Dasopant (1551–1615) -
Marathi poet-saint and prolific writer of
Varkari sect.; also known as Daso Digambar[15]
Vaman Pandit (1608–1695) - a
Marathi poet and scholar, who composed poems and kirthanas on Lord
Krishna and gave a sound metaphysical foundation to the concept of Bhakti in
Maharashtra.[16]
Brahmachaitanya (Gondavalekar Maharaj) (1845 - 1913) - a
Hindu Saint, a spiritual Master, and a devotee of Lord
Rama, who advocated Namajapa using the 13 letters Ramanamamantra — "Śrī Rām Jai Rām Jai Jai Rām" to attain enlightenment.[28]
Shri Madhavnath Maharaj (1857–1936) - Hindu saint, of Karvi, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, who continued the Nath Sampradaya of the famous Navnaths in India. [29]
Melgiri Pandit -Maratha Sardar who served under
Sambhaji of the Maratha empire. A
Brahmin from near Melgiri Karnataka-Maharashtra. He was known for successfully leading the Maratha army at
Bijapur.[citation needed]
Ramshastri Prabhune, was the Chief Justice (Mukhya Nyayadhish or "Pantnyayadhish") in the apex court of the
Maratha Empire in the latter half of the 18th century, during the heyday of that empire. He is best remembered for having passed strictures against the sitting
Peshwa of the time for instigating murder.[46] Ram Shastri's integrity in public affairs is regarded as a model for all times.[47]
During the rule of
British Raj the most powerful Brahmin bureaucrats in the
South India were
Deshastha Brahmins.[52] In 19th century, out of 305 high level administrative officials 174 were from Deshastha Brahmin community, while 83 were drawn from other Brahmin groups in
South India.[53]
Vishvanath Narayan Mandlik (1833 – 1899)- An eminent Bombay citizen, lawyer, author and an erudite expert on Hindu law. He served on the Supreme Legislative Council of India where his expertise on Hindu Law was held in high esteem. [84]
Prabhakar Balwant Dani (1908-1965) Member of the
RSS, He served in senior positions of the RSS and played a large role in spreading the RSS network in the erstwhile Indian state of
Madhya Bharat.[96]
Bhavabhuti – was an 8th-century
Sanskrit scholar of India noted for his plays and poetry.[100]
Gaga Bhatt - a 17th century scholar presiding over the coronation of Shivaji. Divākara Bhațț(his father), Kamalakara Bhatt(his uncle) and Narayan Bhatt, his grandfather were also scholars of repute.[101][102][103]
Bhaskara Appaji Agnihotri, a 17th century
Sanskrit scholar known for his work on anatomy "Sharira Padmini" and other prominent works such as "Padyamritatarangini" and "Smritiprakasa".[105]
Bhattoji Diksita - 17th Century Sanskrit scholar and grammarian famous for authoring the Siddhantakaumudi
Galagali Ramacharya (1892-1981)- Noted Indian Sanskrit scholar and poet of two Mahakavyas. He also received honorary Mahamahopadhyaya honor from Bharatiya Sanskrit Sansthan Parishad Prayag. [110]
Shridhar Bhaskar Warnekar (1918-2007)- Sanskrit Scholar famous for authoring the Mahakavya ShriShivarajyodayam. This work won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 1974
Vasant Purushottam Kale- (1932-2001) Marathi writer. He wrote more than 60 books. His well-known works include Partner, Vapurza, Hi Waat Ekatichi, and Thikri. He was a famous story-teller and had over 1600 stage-shows (कथाकथन) in the theatres. [114]
Bal Gandharva (Narayan Shripad Rajhans) (1888 - 1968) - one of the greatest
Marathi singers and stage actors. Winner of
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest musical honour in India and the
Padma Bhushan award, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India.[123][124]
Sakha Rama Rao - an
Indian musician credited with having re-introduced the south Indian
chitravina (or "gotuvadyam") to the concert scene.[129]
S.V.Narayanaswamy Rao - Founder of
Sree Ramaseva Mandali the organiser of Annual Sree Ramanavami Music Festival at Bengaluru was a pious Desastha Madhwa Brahmin. A violinist himself, S.V.N Rao was instrumental in grooming many prominent artistes of today.[citation needed]
Sports
Cricket
Rahul Dravid (born 11 January 1973) is former
captain of the
Indian national cricket team and currently serving as its head coach. He is nicknamed as Mr. Dependable and often referred to as The Wall.
Vasantrao Madhavrao Ghatge (1916 – 1986) - an Indian entrepreneur, business magnate, industrialist, and a professor and was the co-founder of Ghatge Patil Transports pvt. Ltd along in the year 1945 based in Kolhapur.[106]
Gururaj Deshpande - an Indian American venture capitalist and entrepreneur, who is best known for co-founding the Chelmsford, MA-based internet equipment manufacturer
Sycamore Networks, the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT and the
Deshpande Foundation.[134]
^
abPurandaradāsa; A. S. Panchapakesa Iyer (1992). Sree Puranḍara gānāmrutham: text with notation. Gānāmrutha Prachuram. Shri Purandara dasa who is considered to be the aadhiguru and Sangeeta Pitamaha of carnatic music was born in purandaragad in Ballary District near the town of Hampi, to a millionaire Varadappa Nayak and Kamalambal, a devoted wife and great lady, belonging to Madhva Desastha Brahmin race, by the blessings of Tirupati Venkatachalapathi in the year 1484.
^Hebbar 2005, p. 306: "Vijayindra Tirtha (1514 - 1595 CE) was one of the most prominent champions, defenders and exponents of Madhva faith in the Mediaeval era. A Kannada speaking deśastha Madhva by birth, his pre-monastic name was Vitthalācārya."
^Language and Literature. Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1971. p. 24. But the most important among them is Dasopant. He was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family of Narayanpeth, later settled at Ambejogai in Marathwada in 1551 A.D.
^Language and Literature. Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1971. p. 7.
^Mahārāshṭra sāhitya patrikā , Volumes 34-36. Mahārashṭra Sāhitya Parishada. 1961. p. 75. रघुनाथ पंडित हा देशस्थ ब्राह्मण असून तो कवि मोरोपंताच्या ह्यातीतच झाला असावा व त्याचा काल इ. स.
^Stewart Gordon (16 September 1993).
The Marathas 1600-1818. Cambridge University Press. pp. 81–.
ISBN978-0-521-26883-7. Older Maratha histories asserted that Shivaji was a close follower of Ramdas, a Brahmin teacher, who guided him in an orthodox Hindu path; recent research has shown that Shivaji did not meet or know Ramdas until later in his life
^Christian Lee Novetzke (2015). Francesca Orsini; Katherine Butler Schofield (eds.).
Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India. Open Book Publishers. p.
180.
ISBN9781783741021. ...Mahipati, who lived throughout the eighteenth century, dying in 1790. He was a Deshastha Brahmin kulkarni or village accountant of Taharabad, but he is more famous now as a kirtankar who specialised in the stories of the lives of the sants
^Kāḷācyā paḍadyāāḍa , Volume 2. Marāṭhī Sāhitya Parishada. 1992. p. 373. देवगिरी येथे रामचंद्रराव राजा राज्य करीत असता दमरदारीच्या कामावर हेमाद्री ऊर्फ हेमाडपंत हा देशस्थ ऋग्वेदी ब्राह्मण काम करीत होता.
^
abProceedings of the ... Session, Volume 38. Indian Historical Records Commission,The Commission. 1967. p. 109. Krishnajipant (1608–1688), the known ancestor of the Rai Rayan family, was a Maharashtra Deshastha Brahmin. He was a native of the village of Lamgaon, Pargana Takli, Prant Devgad (Daulatabad), on the bank of the Girija river.
^Murlidhar Balkrishna Deopujari (1973).
Shivaji and the Maratha Art of War. Vidarbha Samshodhan Mandal. Ramchandra Nilkanth was a Deshastha Brahmin, His ancestor, Sonbhat Bahutkar, was the Deshmukh of Kalyan-Bhiwandi. Sonopant was in the retinue of Jijabai at Shivner fort. He had two sons, Nilopant and Abaji Pant.
^V.G. Ranade (Rao Sahib.) (1951). Life of His Highness Raja Shreemant Sir Raghunathrao S.: Alias Babasaheb Pandit Pant Sachiv, K.C.I.E., Raja of Bhor. p. cii. Shankaraji Narayan Gandekar, the first Pant £acl iv and The Founder of the Bhor State. The Gandekars are Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmans. They were, some two centuries back, residents of Gandapur, a village, (now extinct) near Paithan
^Mahadev Govind Ranade (1990).
Mahadev Govind Ranade. Deep and Deep Publications. p. 241.
ISBN9788171002450. The Deshastha brahmins had from the first taken an important part in organizing the dominions and the power of shivaji, and many of them- the Hanmates, the pingles,Abbaji sondev, Pralhad Sonddev and others had shown great abilities in the field. The brahmins of konkan had not taken any prominent part in first six years of development of the Maratha power
^Copland, I., 1973. The Maharaja of Kolhapur and the Non-Brahmin Movement 1902-10. Modern Asian Studies, 7(2), pp.209-225.
^K. S. Thackeray (1918).
The Life and Mission of Samarth Ramdas. S. Ramchandra & Company. p. 105. He told her to manage his jagir with the assistance of a Deshatha Brahmmin clerk named Daoji Konddeo
^
abKarve, I., 1940. KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY AND KINSHIP USAGES OF THE MARA̅ṬHA̅ COUNTRY: PART II. Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, 2(1/2), pp.9-33.
^Michael David Metelits (1973).
Sadgrihasth: The Relocation of Sociopolitical Power in Nineteenth Century Maharashtra. University of California,Berkeley. p. 157. The descendants of the Chandrachud family, rigvedi deshastha sardars who resided in the city of Poona, held Ganegaon village in personal inam and realized an annual 7.1% profit from it of Rs 1,991
^Balkrishna Govind Gokhale (1988).
Poona in the eighteenth century: an urban history. Oxford University Press. p. 112.
ISBN9780195621372. (page 112) One is that with the exception of Sakharam- bapu Bokil, no Deshastha belonged to the uppermost stratum of leadership in Poona city. (page 116) A document of 1767 describes Sakharam Bapu Bokil (also a Deshastha) as a protege of Nilakantha Mahadeva (Aba) Purandare.
^"C. Hayavandana Rao".
The Indian Biographical Dictionary, 1915 (Classic Reprint). Fb&c Limited. 24 February 2018. p. 238.
ISBN9780666284051. Retrieved 24 February 2018. (page 238) Krishnaswami Rao Kanchi, Dewan Bahadur, (1895), C.I.E, (1898), Dewan of Travsncore (retired), belongs to respectable Madhwa Deshastha Brahmin family; of late Mr. Kanchi Venkat Rao; b. 1845.
^
abcdeThe Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95, Part 4. Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 31. Eminent Deshasthas you are looking at the woolmark The international symbol, the Communist leader S.A. Dange, T. S. Bharde, former Speaker and Minister for Cooperation in Maharashtra, R. S. Hukkerikar, former Speaker of the Bombay Legislative Assembly, Apasaheb Pant, our Ambassador to Italy, Justice Y. V. Chandrachud have all made their impact on national life.Setumadhavrao Pagdi and Babasaheb Purandare are em in ent as historians and scholars.
^. R.S. NARAYAN (31 May 2017).
Gangadhar Rao Deshpande. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. p. 13.
ISBN9788123024424. Retrieved 31 May 2017. Deshpande belongs to Rig Vedic deshasta sect of the Brahmin community
^Man and Life, Volume 29. Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthropology. 2003. p. 105. Tatya Tope who fought for war of Independence of 1857, Acharya Dada Dharmadhikari, a Gandhian thinker and many others were the Deshastha Brahmins.
^"Death Anniversary: What Made Baba Amte Dedicate Himself to Rid Society of Leprosy Scourge". News18. 9 February 2022. Baba Amte's full name was Murlidhar Devidas Amte. He was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family in Hinganghat village of Wardha, Maharashtra on 26 December 1914. His father was Devidas Harbaji Amte. His childhood went in royalty as his father was the landlord.
^The Calcutta Historical Journal, Volume 18. University of Calcutta. 1996. p. 44. The second Andhra Conference, held at Bezwada (Vijayawada) under the presidentship of Nyapati Subba Rao Pantulu, a (Maratha-Telugu Brahman) Desastha descended from a long line distinguished civil servants, unanimously passed the resolution demanding a separate province for Andhras which had been drawn up the previous year in Bapatla
^"BJP loses its master strategist". Rediff News. 3 May 2006. "Pramod Mahajan's was a truly meteoric rise in the country's political landscape...The wily 56-year old Deshastha Brahmin was not only the Bharatiya Janata Party's master strategist...
^Shankar Ganesh Dawne (1963).
Jejurīcā Khaṇḍobā. Jayasiṃha Priṇṭinga Presa. p. 2. महाराष्ट्रांतील पुष्कळ देशस्थ ब्राह्मण घराण्यांतून खंडोबाची उपासना आढळून येते.त्यांत मुधोळकर, मुतालिक, मुजुमदार, विंचूरकर, पंतसचिव या सरदार घराण्यांचा प्रामुख्यान उल्लेख करावा लागेल.
^The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95, Part 4. Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 31. Eminent Deshasthas you are looking at the woolmark, In modern times Lokanayak Bapuji Aney, former Governor of Bihar and follower of Lokamanya Tilak, Gangadharrao Deshpande. known as Karnatak Sinha, H. V. Pataskar, the former union minister for Law, the Communist leader S.A. Dange, T. S. Bharde, former Speaker and Minister for Cooperation in Maharashtra, R. S. Hukkerikar, former Speaker of the Bombay Legislative Assembly, Apasaheb Pant, our Ambassador to Italy, Justice Y. V. Chandrachud have all made their impact on national life.
^V. B. Karnik (1972).
N. M. Joshi: Servant of India. United Asia Publications. p. 2. As the family hailed originally from the Desh, Joshi fell in the Deshastha sub- caste of the Brahmin caste and not in the Chitpawan sub-caste which held a dominating position in the social and political life of Maharashtra
^New Quest, Issues 25-30. the Indian Association for Cultural Freedom. 1981. p. 4. Nanaji Deshmukh, Moropant Pingle and the deoras brothers too, insist are deshastha brahmins
^
abcdeThe Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 31. ARATHI literature is strewn with the names of Deshastha writers.The popular classical and light musician, DrVasantrao Deshpande, also from this community. Other schools of music are well represented by such veterans as Pandit Narayanrao Vyas, Meera Khirwadkar, Gururao Deshpande and musicologist Vamanrao Deshpande G. V. Bhonde, popularly known as " Nakalakar", gave mimicry the status of an art in Maharashtra. Famous actor and director Gajanan Jagirdar, Prabhakar Panshikar, magician Raghuvir Bhople all belong to this community.
^Ram Chatterjee (1990).
Bendré: The Painter and the Person. Bendré Foundation for Art and Culture & Indus Corporation. p. 4. Nana, as he was known to close friends and family members, was born on August 21, 1910, in a Deshastha Brahmin (Rigvedi) family, whose family deity is Narasimha.
^Language and Literature. Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1971. p. 7. Bhaskara Apaji Agnihotri was a Deccani Brahmin of the Kashyapa Gotra and a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin. He wrote a work on Sanskrit and Anatomy entitled Sharira Padmini which, according to the chronogram , was composed in samvat 1735. His padyamritatarangini was composed in A. D. 1676. He has also composed another work entitled smritiprakasa.
^
abcdefghijklmnopqThe Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 31. Marathi literature is strewn with Deshastha writers. Some of the luminaries are B. S. Murdhekar, the neo classical poet and critic; the popular dramatists Acharya P. K. Atre, V.V.Shirwadkar; the poet and story writer G.D.Madgulkar popularly known as the "Modern Walmiki" of Maharashtra, Sahitya Akademi Award winners G. T. Deshpande, Laxmanshastri Joshi, S. N. Banhatti, V. K. Gokak and Mugali all belong to this community. Industry has been enriched by K. H. Kabbur, Padma Bhushan B. D. Garware, the first producer of nylon thread in India, M.S.Parkhe, leading paper and pulp producer, and Vasantrao Ghatke of Ghatke and Patil Transport Company, Anantrao Kulkarni of Continental Prakashan and R. J. Deshmukh of Deshmukh Prakashan are leading publishers in Maharashtra.In the field of administration, there are P.J. Chi- mulgund (ICS), S. B. Kulkarni (IAS), S. Y. Jakatdar, General Manager of Telco, and N. S. Kulkarni (IAS). Leading educationists of the community are Dr G. S. Khair, Principal N. G. Suru, Dr T. K. Tope, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bombay, and C. D. Deshpande. The statistician of international repute, Dr P. V. Sukhatme, the well-known gynaecologist, Dr B. N. Purandare, and the noted biologist, Dr T. S. Mahabale, are Deshasthas.
^Shankar Ganesh (1976).
Marathi niyatakalikanci suchi. Mumbai Marathi Granthsangrhalaya. क्षीरसागर, श्रीकृष्ण केशव देशस्थ ऋ. ब्राह्मण यांची अर्वाचीन वाङ्मयक्षेत्रांतील कामगिरी. त्रैमासिक ५-२ काश १८५६ : ७०-७२. पुरुषार्थ १३-१२ ८९१•४६ मराठी वाङमय $ २ - प्राचीन मराठी वाङ्मय ...
^"Professor Anant Sadashiv Altekar commemoration volume", Journal of the Numismatic Society of India, 22, 1960
^Moraes, G., 1959, January. PANEGYRIC UPON THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE LATE Dr. AS ALTEKAR. In Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (pp. 8-12). Indian History Congress.
^Govind Chimnaji Bhate (1939).
History of modern Marathi literature, 1800-1938. The author. p. 589. Datto Vaman Potdar comes from a Desasth Brahmin family hailing from Kolaba district. Dattu (the colloquial for Datto fuller name being Dattatraya) was born at Biravadi, taluka Mahad, district Kolaba in 1890.
^"The quarterly journal of the Mythic society (Bangalore)". 56. Mythic Society. 1966: 94. {{
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^Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1955). House of Shivaji: Studies and Documents on Maratha History, Royal Period. They had conferred on him the title of Rao Bahadur in 1913
^The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 31. Padma Bhushan Krishnarao Phulambrikar, the famous musician and music director, is another important Deshastha of that time.
^The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 31. The kirana gharana has been kept alive by Deshastha stalwarts like Rambhau Kundgolkar, popularly known as the Sawai Gandharva, and the internationally known Prabha Atre.
^Kasturi Paigude Rane (2021).
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. p. 13.
ISBN9789354092619. Eldest of 16 siblings, Bhimsen Joshi is born to a family that belonged to a Kannada Deshastha Madhva Brahmin lineage.
^R. Gopal; Es Narēndra Prasād (2010).
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III: A Historical Study. Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Karnataka]. p. 88. Besides Veena Shamanna belonging to Brahmin Brihatcharana groups, veena player Padmanabhaiah of Chikkanayakanahalli taluk, Chittur Sadashiva Rao ( Mysore Sadashiva Rao) belonging to Maratha Deshastha Brahmin sect of Andhra Pradesh were the main musicians of the king's court.
^The Journal of the Music Academy, Madras, Volume 58. Music Academy. 1987. p. 110. Sakharam Rao was born at Madhyarjunam ( Tiruvidaimarudur) in the Tanjore District. He was the eldest son of Gottu Vadya Srinivasa Rao, a famous player of the preceding generation from whom he learnt the art. He was a Madhva Desastha Brahmin and a Rigvedi.
^Pritish Nandy (1974).
The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95, Part 4. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. Though the Deshasthas are not famous for their military valour, yet, as in every field, they rise to the occasion in times of crisis—take the example of General G. G. Bewoor, Chief of Army Staff, and Rear Admiral Kulkarni. This community has equally distinguished itself in the fine arts, drama, music, painting, etc.
^The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 30. Deshasthas have contributed to mathematics and literature as well as to the cultural and religious heritage of India. Bhaskaracharaya was one of the greatest mathematicians of ancient India.
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