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Utkala Brahmin

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Utkala Brahmin
Priests from Utkala Brahmin community, during Yatra with Shankararcharya of Puri (center)
JātiUtkala
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesOdia language
CountryIndia
Original stateOdisha
Populated statesOdisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh
RegionHinduism
Kingdom (original)Utkala Kingdom

Utkala Brahmin is also known as Utkal Brahmin is a Brahmin caste in India. Utkala Brahmins are the historical caretakers of the Jagannath Temple in Puri. The Utkala Brahmins are one of the five Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities that originally resided to the north of the Vindhyas.[1]

Traditional dress of an utkala Brahmin Priest in Puri, Orissa in 1928

References

  1. ^ Lochtefeld, James G. (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z. Rosen. p. 725. ISBN 9780823931804.

See also

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