Gauda Brahmins

Gauda, or Gaur/Gaud is a group of Brahmin communities in India. The Gauda Brahmins are one of the five Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities that lives in the north of the Vindhyas.[1][2] Gauda Brahmins are most numerous in the northern India, particularly in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. [3]

For the Southern Indians caste, see Goud.

References
  1. James G. Lochtefeld (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z. Rosen. pp. 490–491. ISBN 9780823931804.
  2. D. Shyam Babu and Ravindra S. Khare, ed. (2011). Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities. Pearson Education India. p. 168. ISBN 9788131754399.
  3. James G. Lochtefeld (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Rosen. pp. [https://archive.org/details/TheIllustratedEncyclopediaOfHinduism.../page/n273/mode/2up. ISBN 9780823931804.

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