Lord Parshuram - How He Brought Gowda Saraswat Brahmins Into Existence - Matter of Opinion

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Lord Parshuram- How he brought
Gowda Saraswat Brahmins
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Posted on April 24, 2012 by vibhanayak
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Lord Parshuram is considered as the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Due to the injustice done to his father and
mother by the Kshatriyas, he promised that he will ruin the entire Kshatriya clan from the face of earth. He
sought revenge. He decide to do a huge Yagna to purify this earth from all sort of evil.
During the same age, river Saraswati was hit by a calamity. The entire region was a victim of drought. For
years together, this land was flourishing. The Brahmins that resided on the banks of this river had to leave their
Tapasya and study of Vedas, which they usually practiced, and had to turn to agriculture. They roamed in the
forests for more flourished and cultivable land. The entire civilization thus left their penance and worked for a
livelihood.
This went on for a lot of years. When Saraswati restored her waters again, the Brahmins, delighted, thought
they can go back to their Ved studies. But they had been so engrossed in tilling and planting that the entire clan
forgot everything they had memorized about the Vedas.
They thus, decided to do Tapasya to impress the Vedas and the gods. For years together, the entire Brahmin
clan sat together for the Tapasya. Finally, Devi Saraswati appeared in front of them and adviced to listen
closely. She said they will have to follow the voice. Thus, they will be able to find the solution for their problems.
They did as she said. Soon they could hear chants of Vedas from far. They followed the voice and found a child
reciting the Vedas. Devi Saraswati appeared and said, this child will teach them all the Vedas again. The
Brahmins got offended on knowing that they will have to learn from a child now.
She thus declares that he is actually Saraswat, her son, who grew up to become Saraswat Muni. When the
calamity happened she realised that the Brahmins will lose the knowledge of Vedas. Saraswat was born to fulfill
the purpose of keeping Ved alive. Because no vegetables and grains were available, Saraswati had to feed him
fish to keep him alive. After listening to the story, the clan bowed in front of him and agreed to learn Ved from
him. They, thus came to be known as SARASWAT BRAHMINS. The reason why Sarawats have fish eating
habit is because of this history.
At the same time in the western India Parshuram decided to do a Yagna and needed the purest for land for the
purpose. He walked southwards in India but did not find an appropriate place. Therefore, he climbed the
Sahyadris. Prayed to Indra Dev and Varun Dev to pull his sea back. Parshuram said he will throw his axes as
far as possible in the sea and where it lands the sea has to go back till the demarcation. The gods agreed and
stepped back. Parshuram wanted to make this place the most beautiful place in the world. The place is now
called KONKAN, the western coast of India, that stretches from Maharashtra, runs across Goa and Karnataka
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and ends at Kerela.
Now he wanted Brahmins to live in this place. But there werent any in south. He travels till Saraswati river
where he finds a clan of Brahmins chanting mantras. He invites them to live in Konkan as it is a flourished land
and they were living in hostile conditions currently. They agreed and traveled with him to the west coast. This is
how Saraswats first migrated from North to West in India. They settled in the Agrahars, a civilisation in west.
They use coconut, tamarind etc in their food and eat fish. Cashews and coffee are also of prime importance to
them.
Later in the furture, they followed a Guru named Gowdi or Gowda and thus they were named as GOWDA
SARASWAT BRAHMINS or the G.S.Bs.
G.S.Bs have migrated all over India over a period of time but they basically belonged to North India and have
fair complexion unlike other south Indians. I am sure there is more to the history but this is all I know and find it
interesting. Hope you had a good time reading the same.
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vigneshwar (@vigneshwar) on April 24, 2012 at 10:27 am said:
have fair complexion unlike other south Indians Racial generalization?
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vibhanayak on April 24, 2012 at 10:33 am said:
Just stated what is true.
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vigneshwar (@vigneshwar) on April 25, 2012 at 5:04 am said:
@Vibhanayak you will find many ( 10% of southIndians ) to be fair I do have a few GSB
friends who are not so fair.
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In that case quite a few North Indians are also darker but that is a general
statement. When most of them are fairer you can say that, cant you? 10% is a
lesser number to the other 90%. It is like saying it is raining in most of the parts
Mumbai except for the 10% area somewhere. This is no point of argument, buddy.
Generalizations are not always harmful
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vigneshwar (@vigneshwar) on April 25, 2012 at 12:33 pm said:
nice post btw
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vibhanayak on April 25, 2012 at 1:01 pm said:
Thank you
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ramachandra kulkarni on June 15, 2012 at 10:35 am said:
Nice post , read this a long time back but, dint commented, remembered today that you wrote
on Parshuram, it reminds me of the character in the the secret of the nagas by amish
tripathi.
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Thank you so much Rama!
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Chinmay Padgaonkar. on February 5, 2013 at 4:34 pm said:
Today i had realised our history , the motive behind what we all are called as.. Really thanks
for this. Hope you would share Some more things about GSB which will add up to our
knowledge.
Once again thanks a lot.
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You are welcome Sorry for extremely late reply. I was not paying attention to
the comments. Apologies.
You read about history of GSBs often?
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Manju on October 25, 2013 at 7:09 pm said:
Nice informative piece of article, learnt dine thing new today
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Manju on October 25, 2013 at 7:10 pm said:
Oops I meant something new !! Typo!
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vibhanayak on October 26, 2013 at 12:47 pm said:
Hi Manju,
Thank you very much and dont worry about typo. Glad you liked the
post. Please visit again someday.
Anand Ghurye on January 12, 2014 at 11:24 am said:
Thank you . I enjoyed the article as well as your introduction below .
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vibhanayak on January 23, 2014 at 10:46 am said:
Hello Anand,
Thank you for stopping by and taking time to read the blog.
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Anup24 on January 23, 2014 at 1:02 am said:
Its now proved that there was no Aryan invasion in harrappa and Mohenjadaro areas. They
abandoned the place because of drying up of Saraswati river. If you are right, then the actual
inhabitants of harappa and mohenjedaro culture are brahmins, as you mention drying of
Saraswati in your post. Is the above post an extraction from any Sanskrit Sholak
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vibhanayak on January 23, 2014 at 10:45 am said:
Hey, thank you for your comment!
First of all, Harappa and Mohenjo-daro was not on Saraswati river. It was Indus
valley. This place is now in Pakistan. Saraswati is near Bengal. So that is that.
I think (I dont have any evidence to prove it) Aryan invasion was before this tale.
India is a land of Dravidians, basically due to tropical climate. Aryan, fair in
complexion, pushed Indians towards south of India and captured the flourished
plains of North, during their invasion. This is actually the sect that turned into
Brahmins.
Before Aryans, India was a very liberal land. Even women had equal rights. Varna
system emerged after Brahmins imposed it on the rest of the society. First it was
based on colour (as the name Varna suggests) but then it carried on and changed
the entire system.
So, brahmins settled near the Banks of Saraswati and rest is in the post itself.
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I heard this tale somewhere. I cannot recollect. It is not derived from a Shloka.
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