DAIVAJNYA BRAHMINS AND SODE VADIRAJA MUTT by Deepak shet,Mangalore

Daivajnya Brahmins (sonars or goldsmiths), from the Sanskrit suvarnakar worker in gold .They are found all over the Deccan ,Konkan ,Karnataka and Kanara .It is a small community of not more than 10 lakh souls, spread all over the nation ,though sparsely.More than 500 years ago ,a devotee from the Daivajnya Brahmin community was casting an idol of Lord Ganapathi ,surprisingly it shaped itself in the image of Lord Hayagreeva .Sarvabhowma Sri Vadiraja Guru Swamiji had a dream about this legand which inspired him to approach that devotee and take the idol from him in reverence . He then installed it in Shri Sode Vadiraja Mutt. Since then it is being worshipped there as the god of origin of Daivajnya Brahmin community. To this day, the members of the community who were instructed in Dwaitha philosophy and received into the fold as special Shishyas by Sri Vadiraja Teertha continue to make offerings to the mutt and Lord Hayagriva. They continue to be recipients of the blessings, love and affection of Sri Vadiraja Teertha. Thus Daivajnya Brahmins follow Vaishnav Sampradaya in Sandyavandana and Shodash Sanskar by applying the sacred Gopichandana with great divine authority and also the shankha, Chakra , Gadha, Padma and Narayana Mudra of Madhwas Dwaitha fold.

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