I don't know where Chari and his response comes from. But no, I'm no Wikipedia fan. Its just that, in Pune, where I spent my childhood, we had a Chari family (Tamilian) who lived next door to us. As simple as that. Reena
"Frederick [FN] Noron ha * ????? ??? ? ??????" wrote: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > **** http://www.GOANET.org **** > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education & > Primary School Students Chess Tournament > > More information at: > > http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-January/068222.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On 26/01/2008, Venantius Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Upon looking at Reena's language, "And here I always thought Chari was > > a Tamilian!" -- it in no way explicitly rejects that Chari is not a > > surname belonging to the Goan soil. To the contrary, and to my ... > > Reena, like me, must probably be commiting the sin of depending far > too much on the Wikipedia. And the second article has already got > 'orphaned'. --FN > > QUOTE > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chari%2C_South_India > Chari is an Indian community belonging to Brahmin caste in South > Indian. Chari is also called as Acharya. > > The word "Chari" is derived from the word Charya or Acharya (guru). > Some of the Chari were skilled in building temples and travelled > building temples towards north during Krishnadevaraya period. A bunch > of the members settled down in Goa for building temples and during the > era of Portuguese the Chari community lost its touch with its origin > in the south. Over a period of Portuguese rule in Goa they were > offered jobs like carpentary, blacksmithy and masonry for building the > governmental and non-governmental civil structures. As Portuguese did > not expand their territory in India other than Goa, the Chari > community also was stagnated and hence they had no other option than > remaining local carpenters and blacksmiths. > > The Chari community has progressed a lot now, not only in the field of > arts but also in others like education, sports as well. Many of the > artisans from the Chari community are well known for their artworks > and craftsmanship. > > * * * > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_in_Goa > Caste in Goa > > This article is orphaned as few or no other articles link to it. > Please help introduce links in articles on related topics. (July 2006) > > According to the Gazetteer of India, Union Territory: Goa, Daman and > Diu, Part I which looks at Goa (published in 1979) the "chief castes" > found in Goa are the Gauda Saraswat Brahmins, Karhada Brahmins and two > sub-castes among the Karhada Brahmins known as the Padye Brahmins and > Bhatta Prabhu Brahmins, besides a few Chittapavan Brahmins and > Daivajnya Brahmins, popularly known as Sonars. Besides the Brahmins, > the other castes "found" are the Vaishya, Maratha, Bhandari, Gomantak > Marathas, Kharvi, Gaudas, etc. > > This India-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. > > we can see karhada brahmins in dakshin kannda and kasaragod district > in kerala. in kasaragod the place called 'padre grama ' we can see > maximum number of karhada bhrahmins MYSELF I AM CHIDANAND BHAT LIVING > IN PADRE GRAMA AND IAM A KARHADA BRAHMIN > > ENDQUOTE > > -- > Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 > The Goa books blog: http://goabooks.wordpress.com > Goa1556 (alt.publishing.goa): http://goa1556.goa-india.org
