Bengali Brahmins

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Brahmin
gptkbp:caste gptkb:Varna_system
gptkbp:containsCommunity gptkb:Bengali_Baidyas
gptkb:Bengali_Kayasthas
gptkbp:culturalSignificance gptkb:Bengali_Renaissance
gptkb:Indian_independence_movement
Bengali literature
gptkbp:diet Primarily vegetarian, some non-vegetarian
gptkbp:education Historically high literacy
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Bengal_region
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Durga_Puja
gptkb:Lakshmi_Puja
gptkb:Saraswati_Puja
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Assam
gptkb:Tripura
gptkb:West_Bengal
gptkbp:gotra Yes
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:Rarhi
gptkb:Brahmins
gptkb:Vaidika
gptkb:Varendra
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Kulaji_texts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bengali Brahmins
gptkbp:language gptkb:Bengali
gptkbp:marriageCustoms Endogamy
gptkbp:migratory from North India to Bengal
gptkbp:mythologicalRole Invited by Bengal kings
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Dakshineswar_Kali_Temple
gptkb:Kalighat_Temple
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Ishwar_Chandra_Vidyasagar
gptkb:Amartya_Sen
gptkb:Rabindranath_Tagore
gptkb:Bankim_Chandra_Chattopadhyay
gptkb:Jagadish_Chandra_Bose
gptkb:Meghnad_Saha
gptkb:Satyajit_Ray
gptkb:Swami_Vivekananda
gptkbp:population minority in Bangladesh
significant in West Bengal
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:rituals Vedic rituals
gptkbp:role religious leader
Cultural leadership
Intellectual leadership
gptkbp:script gptkb:Bengali_script
gptkbp:socialClass Traditionally high
gptkbp:traditionalOccupation gptkb:award
gptkb:priest
Teaching
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Barendra_Brahmins
gptkb:Deshastha_Brahmins
gptkb:Rarhi_Brahmins
gptkb:Kulinism
gptkb:Bandyopadhyay
gptkb:Assamese_Brahmins
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7