List of Gaud Saraswat Brahmins

This is a list of Gaud Saraswat Brahmins.

Spiritual heads

• Sadyojat Shankarashram Swamiji of Chitrapur Math
• Samyamindra Thirtha Swamiji of Kashi Math

Politicians

• Kashinath Trimbak Telang (1850–1893) - judge, politician, writer and educationalist[1]
• N. G. Chandavarkar (1855–1923) - judge, politician and social reformer[2]
• Manohar Parrikar (1955–2019) -Ex Defence Minister of India, and Chief Minister of Goa for multiple term.[3]
• Suresh Prabhu, Ex Minister of Railways Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation,Ex Chairman of Saraswat Bank[3]

Writers and academics

• Yashwant Vithoba Chittal (1928-2014) - Kannada fiction writer
• Milind Chittal is an Indian classical vocalist. Chittal is the son of Kannada writer Yashwant Chittal. He trained under Firoz Dastur of the Kirana Gharana. He is also a qualified chartered accountant.
• Gangadhar Vithoba Chittal (1923–1987) - Kannada poet and recipient of Karnataka Sahitya Academy award. He was the elder brother of Kannada writer Yashwant Vithoba Chittal. He held several administrative positions for the Government of India and audited several Indian Embassies and Consulates
• R.G. Bhandarkar (1837–1925) - orientalist, and social reformer[4]
• Vijay Tendulkar (1928–2008) - playwright, screenplay writer and journalist[5]
• Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi (1876–1947) - scholar of Buddhism and Pali language[6]
• Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907–1966) - polymath[7]
• Meera Kosambi (1939–2015) - writer and sociologist. Daughter of Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi[8]

Film actors and directors

• Guru Dutt (1925–1964) - Hindi film actor and director[9]

Businessmen

• Vijay Mallya (1925–1964) - Indian businessman and politician

See also

• Gaud Saraswat Brahmin temples in Kerala

References

1. Chandrachud, Abhinav (2015). An Independent, Colonial Judiciary: A History of the Bombay High Court during the British Raj, 1862-1947 1st Edition by (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199453306.
2. Chandrachud, Abhinav (2015). An Independent, Colonial Judiciary: A History of the Bombay High Court during the British Raj, 1862-1947 1st Edition by (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199453306.
3. Kelekar, Samir (23 November 2014). "Forward castes must think forward as well". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
4. Deshpande, M.M., 2010. Pañca Gauḍa and Pañca Drāviḍa: Contested borders of a traditional classification. Studia Orientalia Electronica, 108, pp.41.
5. Bhimrao, R.S., 2015. Reconstructing Dramatics Dramaturgy in Contemporary Experimental Plays of Vijay Tendulkar Satish Alekar and Mahesh Elkunchwar
6. Lahiri, N., 2009. DD Kosambi: The Historian as Writer. Economic and Political Weekly, pp. 41-48.
7. Kosambi, M., 2008. DD Kosambi: The Scholar and the Man. Economic and Political Weekly, pp.34-42.
8. Kulkarni, M. (2015). "Reclaiming feminism: The legacy of Meera Kos". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 49 (2): 250–254. doi:10.1177/0069966715585653.
9. Dawar, Ramesh (2006). Bollywood : yesterday, today, tomorrow (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Published by Star Publications on behalf of Indian Book Shelf. p. 46. ISBN 9781905863013.