Tag Niyogi

Brahmin Surnames Andhra Maharashtra, Goa Deshastha

The Smarta or smaarta community In Andhra Pradesh state area, the brahmins who follow some residual vedic traditions are found only among the Smaartas, i.e. followers of the Smritis, who follow Adi Sankaracharya‘s reforms after Buddhism faded away. They don’t take sectarian…