Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. R¿j¿pur/Bh¿l¿valikar Gauda S¿raswat Br¿hmins (RSB), as they are known, belong to the "Pancha (five) Gauda Brahmana" groups or "Gaudadi Panchakas". R¿j¿pur S¿raswat Brahmins are a branch of the saraswat brahmins, who were supposed to have resided on the banks of the legendary Saraswati River. They migrated to Goa region in around 700 BC from the banks of river Saraswati. They got their name from their village of origin namely Rajapur/Bhalavali Village in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra state in India, where they had migrated from Goa. Rajapur/Bhalavalikar Saraswat Brahmins were called as Gowd Saraswat Brahmins, before they migrated from Bhalavali/Rajapur to various other places.