The Pancha Dravida
community is one of five southern Indian brahmin groups (the others being
Gujarati, Karnata, Andhra, and Dravida).
The contemporary state of Maharashtra is the primary
territory for Maharashtri brahmins, as their name suggests.
The Maharashtri brahmins are split into two groups: the
Chitpavan, or Konkanastha brahmins, who reside along the coast, and the
Deshastha brahmins, who live in the Deccan.
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