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Golapurab Brahmin (also sometimes called Galav) are Brahmin community in western Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh regions of India.〔''Jati Bhaskar'' by Pt. Jwala Prasad Mishra〕〔Hindu tribes and castes, as represented in Benares Volume 3 of ''Hindu Tribes and Castes'', Matthew Atmore Sherring, Publisher Thacker, Spink & co., 1872〕 They are a branch of the Sanadhya Brahmins who migrated to a Golla town according to Sanadhya Samhita. They tend to be cultivators and landowners like the Tyagi or Bhumihar Brahmins. They traditionally took kachcha food only from the Sanadhya Brahmins, who also serve as their priests. They are mainly located in the region in Agra district. Their main center was a town named Birthara, 28 miles south of Agra; one of the most numerous clans among them is named Birthare. Some of them have migrated to Narsinghpur in MP.〔Imperial gazetteer of India: provincial series, Volume 13, Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series, Publisher Supt. of Govt. Print., 1908 〕 == See also == * Golapurva 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Golapurab Brahmin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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