Vishwakarma Manu Maya Brahmin

Vishwakarma Manu Maya Brahmin

Vishwakarma Manu Maya is a Brahmin caste in India.

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History

  • Vishwakarma Manu Maya Brahmins belong to suthar which is also known as Viswakarma Brahmans. Viswakarma created "Sathyaloka" for Brahma, "Vykuntha" for Vishnu, "swarna lanka" for Shiva, "Swarga" for Indra, "Alakapuri" for Kubera, "Dwaraka" for Krishna likewise so many creations. Viswakarma degraded Surya's rays and then made "sudarshana chakra" for Vishnu, "Thrishul" for shiva, "Vajrayudha" for Indra and "Axe" for Kalika.

They were also called as ‘Shivabrahman’. ‘Saiyadri Khanda’ of ‘Scanda Puran’ says that artist of ancient Goa is called as ‘Shaivagayatri Brahmans’.[1] Those Vishwakarma Manu Maya Brahmins who fled Goa during Portuguese time to prevent them being converted to Christianity & settled in Solapur district are still known as ‘Shiva Brahma Sutar’. Vishwakarma Manu Maya Brahmins have their origin from Manu and Maya two of the sons of Lord Vishwakarma, the Divine Architect and craftsman in ancient India. In ancient India Panchal were called as ‘Missionary of civilization, culture and religion’ since Panchal spread Vedic religion in other part of world.[1]

Position in Goa

  • Vishwakarma Manu Maya Brahmins, popularly known as Chari is a community of artisans in the Indian state of Goa.

They are the traditional Hindu carpenter in Goa.The Chari is corrupt form of the word Acharya which means the teacher of religion. Surname Acharya is still present in Chari in some part of south India. Those Chari who has left Goa long ago has a surname as Charya .So in short Chari derived from Acharya -Charya- Chari. Since Portuguese have ruled Goa for 450 years, the surname Chari is only present in Goa. They are also referred as ‘Sutar’ which has derived from Sanskrit word ‘Sutradhar’ which means the designer in Ancient India. Sometimes they are referred as ‘mest’ or ‘thavoi’[a][2] which means carpenter & stapathi respectively. Those who were good artist were called as ‘Fishal’. For some Chari Portuguese gave surname as Zo which means artist.

  • Since Chari are traditional carpenters of Goa their main occupation is carpentry. They do smithery also. In fact, they are master in most of the technical work; so they are also referred as a borne engineers. Afonso de Albuquerque, the first Portuguese governor general of Goa has referred in one of his letters that guns manufactured by the blacksmith (Chari) in Goa are better than those made in Germany. A century later the Viceroy D.Jeronymo dl Azevedo banned the manufacture of guns in village of Cuncoli or anywhere in Salcete under penalty of four years in the galleys and even hanging.[3] In Goa they played an important role in history. There were also many temples in Goa. Portuguese destroyed more than thousands of temples, out of which some had marvelous beauty. Chari being an artist most of the temples were done by them. So in goan society they had much importance. They have been given rights in many of temples of Goa as sevekari. Without Chari many of rituals performed in temples cannot complete.

Vishwakarma means Sons of Lion

Religion

They worship Vishwakarma since they have descended from him.their main community deity is ‘Shree Ragunath (Ram)’ of Gimoney. This temple has history of more than 500 years. It was destroyed by Moghal aggression in 16 century but Chari reconstructed it. They have Shree Ram’s temples at Mayade and Vasco. Also the main goddess to whom every Vishwakarma people worships is Kalika. Her temple is situated at Merces known as Morambo in ancient times. She is called Kalamba which is corrupt form of Kalika Amba. It has history around 1,500 years old[citation needed]. It was a main deity of Lohamath, which was Chari’s Gurupith. During the Portuguese times it was destroyed by them . later in nineteenth century it was again set up by Swamy Ramchandra Puna Charya who had taken diksha from swamy of Lohamath Swamy Padmanabhachary, &with his guidance he reinstall the temple. Along with goddess Kalamba he set up Siddeshwar.[citation needed]

Lohamath guru Parampara

Lohamath was established on Shalivahan Shake 700 ( 778 AD) Khar naam Samvatsar Magha shudha 15 at Majale, near Goa Karnataka border.First pontiff of this math was Swamy Virupaksha after whom the linage was preceded by 67 Gurus.The last Pontiff Kanakacharya, was disciple of Swami Padmanabhachary. After him the Guru parampara of Lohamath stopped due to some reason. Though this math parampara stopped, but this math represented Chari or Konkani speaking Vishwakarmas for more than 1,000 years. Guru Parampara of this math is

  • 1)Virupaksha Swami(778AD)
  • 2)Mangalanath Swami
  • 3)Chandanath Swami
  • 4)Jathanath Swami
  • 5)Kasturinath Swami
  • 6)Pathnath Swami
  • 7)Kurmanath Swami
  • 8)Dhananath Swami
  • 9)Mandarnath Swami
  • 10)Martandanath Swami
  • 11)Champakinath Swami
  • 12)Kaivalynath Swami
  • 13)Maharmanath Swami
  • 14)Mahagayanath Swami
  • 15)Suryakshanath Swami
  • 16)Nagarakshanath Swami
  • 17)Sakaltirthanath Swami
  • 18)Durvakshanath Swami
  • 19)Jwalanath Swami
  • 20)Gadadharnath Swami
  • 21)Gangagitanath Swami
  • 22)Mayanath Swami
  • 23)Mahamayanath Swami
  • 24)Nityanandanath Swami
  • 25)Shantanath Swami
  • 26)Vishwanath Swami
  • 27)Kamananath Swami
  • 28)Umanath Swami
  • 29)Shreepalnath Swami
  • 30)Chumbakanath Swami
  • 31)Mahalakshminath Swami
  • 32)Vidhyanath Swami
  • 33)Kanaknath Swami
  • 34)Antarikshanath Swami
  • 35)Sidhanath Swami
  • 36)Shardanath Swami
  • 37)Anantanath Swami
  • 38)Ullakanath Swami
  • 39)Trailokyanath Swami
  • 40)Bhimanath Swami
  • 41)Naganath Swami
  • 42)Mallikanath Swami
  • 43)Prachandanath Swami
  • 44)Anaghanath Swami
  • 45)Anabhinath Swami
  • 46)Nandininath Swami
  • 47)Sundarnath Swami
  • 48)Vishveshwarnath Swami
  • 49)Damarnath Swami
  • 50)Kalanath Swami
  • 51)Abhayanath Swami
  • 52)Vikarnath Swami
  • 53)Mahavikarnath Swami
  • 54)Sugalnath Swami
  • 55)Mahatanunath Swami
  • 56)Sharvarinath Swami
  • 57)Viyomnath Swami
  • 58Niyomanandanath Swami
  • 59)Ramanath Swami
  • 60)Anantanath Swami
  • 61)Kanaknath Swami
  • 62)Anantanath Swami
  • 63)Kanaknath Swami
  • 64)Padmanabh Swami
  • 65)Virupaksha Swami
  • 66)Padmanabha Swami
  • 67)Kanakacharya Swami(1898AD)

(Names of Swamis were reachered & edited by Vivek Chari, mob no. 9158970181)

Families in Chari

Though the surname ‘Chari’ is used by every Chari, but still they can be differentiated based on their village where their Kuladevata has her temple. Some Chari families are as below.

Village Kuladevata Family
Mandre Kuladevta Panchayatan,Bhagvati Sapteshwar Ravalnath Mandrekar
Palli Ravalnath Ravalghadi Nasnodkar, Toraskar
Ajgaon Vetoba Ajgaonkar
Veling Vetal Velingkar
Pinguli BhavaniShankar Shivolkar
Pedne rampurush Panchayatan,Bhagvati,Ravalnath Pednekar
Parse rampurush Mahalakshami Bhagawati Ravalnath Parsekar
Narve Saptakoteshwar Narvekar
Kurdi Kurdikar
Madkai Nav Durga Madkaikar
Dhargal rampurush mauli Dhargalkar
Morji Morjai Morajkar
Mashel Mashelkar
Satarde Ravalnath Satardekar
Korgao Kashikalayan kulaswami, Kamleshwar Korgaokar
Shiroda Shirodkar
Poriem Bhumika Paryekar
Kudase Sateri, Ravalnath Kudaskar
Bori Navadurga Borkar
Mardhol,Phonda Mahalasa Narayani Vernekar
Bandevade Nagesh Bandodkar
Khandepar Khandeparkar
Banda Bandeshwar Bandekar
Mulgao, Marshall Laksmi Ravalanath Charodi, Mesta, Achar
Quepem Chandra Mouleshwar Charodi, Mesta, Achar
Khandola Shree Bhagwati Rampurush Haldankar Mashel Shree Lakshmi Ravalnath, Devaki Krishn Chodankar,Chari

Some surnames in Vishwakarma Manu Maya Brahmins

  • Acharya
  • Chari
  • Charya
  • Zo
  • Mistri
  • Sutar
  • Panchal
  • Achari
  • Mest
  • Thavi
  • Gohil
  • Charodi
  • Mesta
  • Achar

Notable Vishwakarma Individuals

  • Swamy Virupaksha (First Swamy of Lohamath set up 778 AD, situated at Goa Karnataka border).
  • Swamy Ramchandra Puna Charya Paryekar (Desciple of Lohamath Acharya who reinstall the temple of Kalamba at Merces).
  • Late shree Pandit Prabhakar Chari Borkar (Tabala)
  • Shree Somanathbuvo Chari (Vocalist)
  • Shree Madhusudhan Chari (Vocalist)
  • Shree Ravindra Prahabhakar Chari Borkar (sitar)
  • Smt. Seema Shirodkar (harmonium)
  • Shree Purnananda Chari (Konkani writer poet)
  • Late Shree Vaman Zo Satardekar (artist famous for ivory carving)

References

  1. ^ a b "Shilpakar" by V. V. Chari, an article on Souvenir published by Sri Ram Seva Sangha, Mayade (2009)
  2. ^ Sinai Dhume, Anant Ramkrishna (1986). The cultural history of Goa from 10000 B.C.-1352 A.D.. Ramesh Anant S. Dhume, 1986. pp. 355 pages(see page 37). 
  3. ^ "Shilpakar" by V. V. Chari,an article on Souvenir published by Sri Ram Seva Sangha, Mayade(2009)
  • ^ Thavai come from the Sanskrit word Sthapati.Sthapati becomes Tha-vva-ee in prakrit and later Thavai in Apabramsha,Ie Konkani.

Further reading

  • Roberts, A.E. (1909). Visvakarma and his descendants. Calcutta: All-India Vishvakarma Brahman Mahasabha.
  • Dr.Gnanananda, G. (Ed.) (1981). Sri Visvakarmayaya bhushanam (Kannada) original by K.P. Dixit (1878). KGF: Jnana Bhandara.Kashyapa Shilpa Shastram,Brahmeeya Chitra Karma Shastram.
  • Sharma, A.S. (1989). Visvakarma Smaj ka sankshipt itihas (short history of Vishvakarma Society). New Delhi: Visvakarma Institute of Research and Education.
  • Rathkaradhikaranam, Jaimini’sbook on Rathakara Brahmins- original Sanskrit text by His holy Sri Kanuparti Basavcharya Swami & English translation &pub. By Dr. Pedapaty Nageshwar Rao,Hydrabad A.P.
  • Nagar khandam in Scanda puran
  • Vishwabrahmakulotsaha i.e. History of Vishwabrahmins by Sri Balashastri Kshirsagar, Pune

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