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Bairagi Brahmin is a Hindu caste. They are also called by different names that are Swami, Bairagi, Mahant, Vaishnav, Vairagi, Ramanandi, Shami, Vaishnav Brahmin, Pujari. They are Vaishnav, and wear the sacred thread. Bairagi caste is one from the high castes of Bengal – Brahmin, Rajput, Chatri, Grahacarya Brahmin, Vaidya. Miller places them as a high caste group between Brahmins, and the Rajputs and Jats. Miller Says that Bairagis from the Brahmin varna. Senugupta describes them as a High caste group. William Pinch believes that the Bairagi branch of Vaishnavas is the result of the Galta conference of 17th Century. According to Mayer, the Bairagis were one of a few sectarian castes which accepted admissions from higher castes. He states that they Bairagis had a worldly and celibate branches of the caste. He states they were considered of equal status with Brahmins, Rajputs, and Jat. (en) |
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Bairagi Brahmin is a Hindu caste. They are also called by different names that are Swami, Bairagi, Mahant, Vaishnav, Vairagi, Ramanandi, Shami, Vaishnav Brahmin, Pujari. They are Vaishnav, and wear the sacred thread. Bairagi caste is one from the high castes of Bengal – Brahmin, Rajput, Chatri, Grahacarya Brahmin, Vaidya. Miller places them as a high caste group between Brahmins, and the Rajputs and Jats. Miller Says that Bairagis from the Brahmin varna. Senugupta describes them as a High caste group. William Pinch believes that the Bairagi branch of Vaishnavas is the result of the Galta conference of 17th Century. (en) |
