Does anyone know of the chitpavan brahmins of …

Comment posted Lifestyle of Kerala Syrian Christians by Anoop.

Does anyone know of the chitpavan brahmins of Maharashtra .Rumour has it that their ancestors were Jewish.They are very fair and well built eg Ajit Agarkar.Maybe if we were to correlate their arrival in India to
the Nasranis we may end close to clarity on the issue of Jewish migration

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