Talk:Vadrangi

Vadragi

There are Vadrangi sculptors in Kerala too Please include them in this list 2409:4073:2E9E:F4F4:A7BA:EF1C:FA5D:349A (talk) 11:47, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

This would need reliable sources supporting the infomration before adding. Ravensfire (talk) 16:50, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

According to the Kollur Madam record in Andhra Pradesh, only the Asari (carpenter) community in Kerala belongs to the Vadrangi community and all matrimony systems in India support it. 2409:4073:4D0B:9DA0:CA1:F8FF:AB41:3AD7 (talk) 16:29, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Reliable source needed. Ravensfire (talk) 03:43, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Vadragi in Kerala

Book by Jakob cattiyar wincher letters fom Malabar page number 123 achari surname is carpenter in Kerala please add this data Vipin Babu lumia (talk) 12:44, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Vadragi

F. R. Hemingway writes that "they recognise two main divisions, called Desāyi (indigenous) and Turpu- sākas (easterns) or immigrants from Vizagapatam. They sometimes speak of their occupational sub-divisions as gõtras. Thus, Sanathana is the iron, Sanaga, the wooden, Abhõnasa, the brass, Prathanasa, the stone, and Suparnasa, the gold gõtra." Intermarriage takes place between members of the different sections, but the gold- smiths affect a higher social status than the blacksmiths, and do not care to interdine or intermarry with them. They have taken to calling themselves Brahmans, have adopted Brahmanical gõtras, and the Brahmanical form of marriage rites. They quote a number of well-known verses of the Telugu poet Vemana, who satirised the Brahmans for their shortcomings, and refer to the Sanskrit Mulastambam and Silpasastram, which are treatises on architecture. They trace their descent from Visvakarma, the architect of the gods. Visvakarma is said to have had five sons, of whom the first was Kam- maracharya. His wife was Sūrēlavathi, the daughter of Vasishta. The second was Vadlacharyudu. The third was Rūdra or Kamcharacharya of the Abha- vansa gõtra, whose wife was Jalavathi, the daughter of Paulasthya Brahma. The fourth was Käsächaryudu of the Prasnasa gõtra. His wife was Gunavati, the daughter of Visvavasa. The fifth was Agasālāchārya or Chandra of the Suvarnasa gõtra, whose wife was Saunati, the daughter of Bhrigumahāmuni. Visvakarma had also five daughters, of whom Sarasvathi was married to Brahma, Sachi Devi to Indra, Mando Dari to Ravana, and Ahalya to Gautama. Since they were married to the devatas, their descendants acquired the title of Castes And Tribes Of Southern India, By Edgar Thurston, K. Rangachari, Volume III K, Madras, 1909. Pp. 141-142

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