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Bairagi Brahmin (caste)

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846: 71: 215: 614:) and temple-dwelling (temple priest) ascetics. The most of renunciant and warrior are unmarried ascetics. Anyone can be member of these communities. But there are evidences of different meetings of vaishnava mahants who have decided that member of anyone caste could not be member of the community. 984: 1359: 845: 1286: 1354: 1349: 1253: 1228: 1149: 1078: 1045: 911: 519: 961:
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dug a dry pond, a Bairagi Brahmin reached the centre of pond and instantly water came out of the pond with a thunderous noise.
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Maharaja Jai Singh II obtained pledges from Ramanandi mahants and other vaishnava to maintain strict
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are called Bairagi or Vairagi. And these members are divided into three categories – renunciant (
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William Pinch believes that the Bairagi branch of Vaishnavas is the result of the
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This article is about the Bairagi caste. For Hindustani classical raga, see
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caste is formed of sedentary rasik (temple dwelling or temple priest)
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with Ramanandi mahants and other vaishnava to maintain strict
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Senugupta describes them as a High caste group. According to
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According to Mayer, Status of Bairagis is equal with other
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that no one would be member of the community except
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University of California Press. p.  964:, Oxford University Press, p. 1089, 617:"Decision was taken by all the vaishnava 852:, a major site of Ramanandi Bairagis in 1318:, M.D. Publications Pvt., p. 100, 886: 778:Bairagi brahmins are divided into four 692:, most of Bairagis were recruited from 586:Bairagi Sect and Bairagi Brahmin Caste 45: 1107: 1105: 520:States and union territories of India 7: 1360:Brahmin communities of Uttar Pradesh 1275:(in Hindi). Śāradā Pustaka Bhavana. 1215:Peasants and monks in British India 1200:. Routledge. pp. 28–29. 36–39. 1065:Peasants and monks in British India 1032:Peasants and monks in British India 898:Peasants and monks in British India 1198:Caste and Kinship in Central India 818:There are three prominent Bairagi 25: 703:Bairagis (Bairagi Brahmins) took 1141:Sahitya Ka Naya Soundaryashastra 213: 69: 1244:Jacobsen, Knut A., ed. (2008). 985:Some Aspects of Caste in Bengal 510:, the community uses different 1: 1269:Jāyasavāla, Akhileśa (1991). 774:Structure of Bairagi Brahmins 1355:Brahmin communities of Delhi 1350:Brahmin communities of Bihar 1248:. London: Psychology Press. 37:Not to be confused with the 1112:Horace Arthur Rose (1997), 759:. It is found that Bairagi 39:Celibate Ascetics (Vairagi) 1376: 1211:Pinch, William R. (1996). 1061:Pinch, William R. (1996). 1028:Pinch, William R. (1996). 894:Pinch, William R. (1996). 744:. They are the members of 36: 29: 1196:Mayer, Adrian C. 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Index

Bairagi (caste)
Bairagi (raga)
Celibate Ascetics (Vairagi)
Swami
Vaishnav
Mahant

Ramananda
Ramanandi Sampradaya
Nimbarka Sampradaya
Vishnuswami Sampradaya
Madhvacharya Sampradaya
Kuladevta (male)
Rama
Krishna
Satyanarayana
Vishnu
Hanuman
Kuladevi (female)
Sita
Radha
Rukmini
Tulsi
Bhudevi
Lakshmi
Guru
Ramananda
Tulsidas
Nabha Dass
Ramanuja

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