Dogra Brahmin

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Dogra Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin community from the Jammu region of India, known for its distinct Dogri language, customs, and religious traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dogra people 2
Dogra 1
Dogra Brahmin canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmin community ⓘ
Hindu community ⓘ
ethno-religious group ⓘ
associatedLanguage Hindi ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
associatedWith Dogri culture ⓘ
Jammu culture ⓘ
belongsTo Indo-Aryan cultural sphere ⓘ
casteCategory Forward caste (in most official classifications) ⓘ
celebrates Baisakhi ⓘ
Diwali ⓘ
Lohri ⓘ
Navaratri ⓘ
surface form: Navratri
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor worship rituals ⓘ
observance of local Dogra festivals ⓘ
recitation of Sanskrit and Dogri religious texts ⓘ
diet primarily vegetarian (with regional variation) ⓘ
ethnicity Dogra Brahmin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dogra
follows Hindu rituals ⓘ
Vedic rituals ⓘ
gotra system ⓘ
hasCustom distinct Dogra customs ⓘ
hasSubgroup Punjabi Brahmin ⓘ
surface form: Purohit Brahmins of Jammu

Dogra Brahmin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rajpurohit Brahmins of Dogra courts
hasTradition distinct religious traditions ⓘ
historicallyServed Dogra royal courts ⓘ
language Dogri ⓘ
locatedIn Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
marriageRule exogamy by gotra ⓘ
partOf Dogra Brahmin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dogra people
performs Hindu life-cycle rituals ⓘ
death rites ⓘ
marriage ceremonies ⓘ
naming ceremonies ⓘ
region Jammu ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
settlementPattern concentrated in Jammu plains and adjoining hills ⓘ
socialClass Brahmins ⓘ
surface form: Brahmin
traditionalRole priests ⓘ
religious scholars ⓘ
temple functionaries ⓘ
usesScript Devanagari ⓘ
Takri script (historically) ⓘ
worships Shaktas ⓘ
surface form: Shakti

Shiva ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
local kuldevi and kuldevta (family deities) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kashmiri Pandit → relatedGroup → Dogra Brahmin ⓘ
Jammu → associatedEthnicGroup → Dogra Brahmin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dogra people
Dogra Brahmin → partOf → Dogra Brahmin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dogra people
Dogra Brahmin → hasSubgroup → Dogra Brahmin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rajpurohit Brahmins of Dogra courts
Dogra Brahmin → ethnicity → Dogra Brahmin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dogra