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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bairagi_Brahmin&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Bairagi Brahmin">Bairagi Brahmin</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Caste in India</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the Bairagi caste. For Hindustani classical raga, see <a href="/wiki/Bairagi_(raga)" title="Bairagi (raga)">Bairagi (raga)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with the <a href="/wiki/Celibate_Ascetics_(Vairagi)" title="Celibate Ascetics (Vairagi)">Celibate Ascetics (Vairagi)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os 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title="Mahant">Mahant</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Swami_Ramanandacharya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Swami_Ramanandacharya.jpg/200px-Swami_Ramanandacharya.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Swami_Ramanandacharya.jpg/300px-Swami_Ramanandacharya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Swami_Ramanandacharya.jpg/400px-Swami_Ramanandacharya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1586" data-file-height="2282" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Ramananda" title="Ramananda">Ramananda</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Classification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ramanandi_Sampradaya" title="Ramanandi Sampradaya">Ramanandi Sampradaya</a> • <a 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title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a>) • <a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Kuldevta" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuldevta">Kuladevi (female)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a> • <a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a> • <a href="/wiki/Rukmini" title="Rukmini">Rukmini</a> • <a href="/wiki/Tulasi_in_Hinduism" title="Tulasi in Hinduism">Tulsi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bhumi_(goddess)" title="Bhumi (goddess)">Bhudevi</a> • (Avatars of <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">Guru</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ramananda" title="Ramananda">Ramananda</a> • <a href="/wiki/Tulsidas" title="Tulsidas">Tulsidas</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nabha_Dass" title="Nabha Dass">Nabha Dass</a> • <a href="/wiki/Ramanuja" title="Ramanuja">Ramanuja</a> • <a href="/wiki/Krishnadas_Payahari" title="Krishnadas Payahari">Krishnadas Payahari</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Nishan</th><td class="infobox-data">Kapidhwaj (<a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a> on <a href="/wiki/Flag" title="Flag">Flag</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Religions</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Om_symbol.svg/15px-Om_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Om_symbol.svg/23px-Om_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Om_symbol.svg/30px-Om_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="367" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Awadhi_language" title="Awadhi language">Awadhi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a> • <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a> • <a href="/wiki/Braj_Bhasha" title="Braj Bhasha">Braj Bhasha</a> • <a href="/wiki/Maithili_language" title="Maithili language">Maithili</a> • <a href="/wiki/Magahi_language" title="Magahi language">Magahi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Angika" title="Angika">Angika</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bajjika" title="Bajjika">Bajjika</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nagpuri_language" title="Nagpuri language">Nagpuri</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bagheli_language" title="Bagheli language">Bagheli</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bundeli_language" title="Bundeli language">Bundeli</a> • <a href="/wiki/Kannauji_language" title="Kannauji language">Kannauji</a> • <a href="/wiki/Kauravi_dialect" title="Kauravi dialect">Kauravi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Haryanvi" class="mw-redirect" title="Haryanvi">Haryanvi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bagri_language" title="Bagri language">Bagri</a>• <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Rajasthani_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajasthani language">Rajasthani</a> • <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarhi_language" title="Chhattisgarhi language">Chhattisgarhi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> • <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Populated states</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>India</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> • <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> • <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> • <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> • <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> • <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> • <a href="/wiki/Punjab" title="Punjab">Punjab</a> • <a href="/wiki/Maharastra" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharastra">Maharastra</a> • <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a> • <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> • <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> • <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a> • <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> • <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a> <br /><b>Nepal</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Madhesh_Province" title="Madhesh Province">Madhesh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Feudal title</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mahant" title="Mahant">Mahant</a>/<a href="/wiki/Swami" title="Swami">Swami</a>/Bawa</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Color</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saffron_(color)" title="Saffron (color)">Saffron</a>, red, yellow, or white</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Historical grouping</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a> (especially <a href="/wiki/Saryupareen_Brahmin" class="mw-redirect" title="Saryupareen Brahmin">Saryupareen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kanyakubja_Brahmin" title="Kanyakubja Brahmin">Kanyakubja Brahmins</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Monasterial Community</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bairagi Brahmin</b> or <b>Vaishnav Bairagi</b> or <b>Vaishnav Brahmin</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> <a href="/wiki/Caste" title="Caste">caste</a>. They are <a href="/wiki/Hindu_priest" title="Hindu priest">Hindu priests</a>. They are sedentary rasik (temple dwelling or temple priest) <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a> members of the <a href="/wiki/Vaishnava" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaishnava">Vaishnava</a> <a href="/wiki/Sampradaya" title="Sampradaya">sampradayas</a>, especially the <a href="/wiki/Ramanandi_Sampradaya" title="Ramanandi Sampradaya">Ramanandi Sampradaya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Kumar_Suresh_Singh" title="Kumar Suresh Singh">K.S. Singh</a>, the community uses different <a href="/wiki/Surnames" class="mw-redirect" title="Surnames">Surnames</a>/<a href="/wiki/Titles" class="mw-redirect" title="Titles">Titles</a> in different <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">States and union territories of India</a>, these are - <a href="/wiki/Swami" title="Swami">Swami</a>, Bairagi, <a href="/wiki/Mahanta" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahanta">Mahanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharaj">Maharaj</a>, Vaishnav, Bawa, <a href="/wiki/Pandit" title="Pandit">Pandit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Purohit" class="mw-redirect" title="Purohit">Purohit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goswami" title="Goswami">Goswami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharma" title="Sharma">Sharma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adhikari" title="Adhikari">Adhikari</a> and Vairagi.<sup id="cite_ref-hello_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hello-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are Vaishnav, and wear the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_thread" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred thread">sacred thread</a>. A majority of Bairagi Brahmin is found in <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a>. Bairagi are considered as part of the 'upper castes' of Bengal.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bairagi_Sect_and_Bairagi_Brahmin_Caste">Bairagi Sect and Bairagi Brahmin Caste</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bairagi_Brahmin_(caste)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Bairagi Sect and Bairagi Brahmin Caste"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bairagi_Sect">Bairagi Sect</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bairagi_Brahmin_(caste)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Bairagi Sect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of <a href="/wiki/Vaishnava" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaishnava">vaishnava</a> <a href="/wiki/Sampradayas" class="mw-redirect" title="Sampradayas">sampradayas</a> are called Bairagi or Vairagi. And these members are divided into three categories – renunciant (<b>Virakt</b>), <a href="/wiki/Warrior" title="Warrior">warrior</a> (<b>Naga</b>) and temple-dwelling (temple priest) ascetics. The most of renunciant and warrior are unmarried ascetics. Anyone can be member of these communities.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But there are evidences of different meetings of vaishnava mahants who have decided that member of anyone caste could not be member of the community. </p><p>"Decision was taken by all the vaishnava <a href="/wiki/Mahants" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahants">mahants</a> that no one would be member of the community except <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kshatriya" title="Kshatriya">Kshatriya</a>. And other castes excluded from the community." – <a href="/wiki/Galtaji" title="Galtaji">Galta</a> <a href="/wiki/Temple" title="Temple">Temple</a> Meeting, 1713.<sup id="cite_ref-Pinch_1996_https://archive.org/details/peasantsmonksinb0000pinc/page/27_27_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pinch_1996_https://archive.org/details/peasantsmonksinb0000pinc/page/27_27-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another case was of <a href="/wiki/Sawai_Jai_Singh" title="Sawai Jai Singh">Maharaja Jai Singh II</a>, <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">king</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Amber" title="Kingdom of Amber">Jaipur State</a> held a meeting with all Vaishnavas mahants. </p><p>"Decision was taken that other castes would not be part of bairagis except <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kshatriya" title="Kshatriya">Kshatriya</a>." – Meeting of <a href="/wiki/Sawai_Jai_Singh" title="Sawai Jai Singh">Maharaja Jai Singh II</a> with Ramanandi mahants and other vaishnava to maintain strict <a href="/wiki/Caste" title="Caste">caste</a> rules, 1720.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maharaja Jai Singh II obtained pledges from Ramanandi mahants and other vaishnava to maintain strict <a href="/wiki/Caste" title="Caste">caste</a> rules. </p><p>Senugupta describes them as a High caste group.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Horace_Arthur_Rose" title="Horace Arthur Rose">H.A. Rose</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Punjab" title="Punjab">Punjab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, most of Bairagis were recruited from <a href="/wiki/Jats" title="Jats">Jats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hey_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hey-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bairagi Class or sect in bengal is formed of by all Classes and Castes in Bramha or Gaudiya Sampradaya. </p><p>Bairagis were liberals but in the practice <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a> Bairagis (Bairagi Brahmins) took <a href="/wiki/Food" title="Food">food</a> only from another <a href="/wiki/Brahmins" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmins">Brahmins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hey_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hey-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>William Pinch believes that the Bairagi branch of Vaishnavas is the result of the <a href="/wiki/Bhakti_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhakti Movement">Bhakti Movement</a> in 1000th CE.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bairagi_Brahmin_Caste">Bairagi Brahmin Caste</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bairagi_Brahmin_(caste)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bairagi Brahmin Caste"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Bairagi Brahmin</b> caste is formed of sedentary rasik (temple dwelling or temple priest) <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a> members of the <a href="/wiki/Vaishnava" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaishnava">vaishnava</a> <a href="/wiki/Sampradaya" title="Sampradaya">sampradayas</a> especially the <a href="/wiki/Ramanandi_Sampradaya" title="Ramanandi Sampradaya">Ramanandi Sampradaya</a>. They are the members of <a href="/wiki/Vaishnava" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaishnava">vaishnava</a> <a href="/wiki/Sampradayas" class="mw-redirect" title="Sampradayas">sampradayas</a>. They are married and they have families. And rights of <a href="/wiki/Priesthood" class="mw-redirect" title="Priesthood">priesthood</a> pass to their <a href="/wiki/Lineal_descendant" title="Lineal descendant">descendants</a>. It is found that Bairagi <a href="/wiki/Brahmins" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmins">Brahmins</a> are priest in the most of villages and cities.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Mayer, Status of Bairagis is equal with other <a href="/wiki/Brahmins" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmins">Brahmins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure_of_Bairagi_Brahmins">Structure of Bairagi Brahmins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bairagi_Brahmin_(caste)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Structure of Bairagi Brahmins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bairagi brahmins are divided into four <a href="/wiki/Sampradaya" title="Sampradaya">Sampradayas</a> - often referred to collectively as the 'Chatur-Sampradaya'. 1. <a href="/wiki/Rudra_Sampradaya" title="Rudra Sampradaya">Rudra Sampradaya</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vishnuswami" title="Vishnuswami">Vishnuswami</a>), 2. <a href="/wiki/Sri_Sampradaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Sampradaya">Sri Sampradaya</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ramanandi_Sampradaya" title="Ramanandi Sampradaya">Ramanandi</a>), 3. <a href="/wiki/Nimbarka_Sampradaya" title="Nimbarka Sampradaya">Nimbarka Sampradaya</a> and 4. <a href="/wiki/Brahma_Sampradaya" title="Brahma Sampradaya">Brahma Sampradaya</a> (<a href="/wiki/Madhvacharya" title="Madhvacharya">Madhvacharya</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Pinch_1996_https://archive.org/details/peasantsmonksinb0000pinc/page/27_27_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pinch_1996_https://archive.org/details/peasantsmonksinb0000pinc/page/27_27-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Akharas">Akharas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bairagi_Brahmin_(caste)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Akharas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are three prominent Bairagi <a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">(Vaishnav)</a> <a href="/wiki/Akhara" title="Akhara">Akharas</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-relDis1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-relDis1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digambara#Digambar_akhara" title="Digambara">Digambar Akhara</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmohi_Akhara" title="Nirmohi Akhara">Nirmohi Akhara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman_Garhi_Temple" title="Hanuman Garhi Temple">Nirvani Akhara</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hanuman_Garhi_Temple,_a_major_religious_site_in_Ayodhya_utter_pradesh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Hanuman_Garhi_Temple%2C_a_major_religious_site_in_Ayodhya_utter_pradesh.jpg/220px-Hanuman_Garhi_Temple%2C_a_major_religious_site_in_Ayodhya_utter_pradesh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Hanuman_Garhi_Temple%2C_a_major_religious_site_in_Ayodhya_utter_pradesh.jpg/330px-Hanuman_Garhi_Temple%2C_a_major_religious_site_in_Ayodhya_utter_pradesh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Hanuman_Garhi_Temple%2C_a_major_religious_site_in_Ayodhya_utter_pradesh.jpg/440px-Hanuman_Garhi_Temple%2C_a_major_religious_site_in_Ayodhya_utter_pradesh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6464" data-file-height="3928" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hanuman_Garhi_Temple" title="Hanuman Garhi Temple">Hanuman Garhi Temple</a>, a major site of Ramanandi Bairagis in <a href="/wiki/Ayodhya" title="Ayodhya">Ayodhya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mahabharat">Mahabharat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bairagi_Brahmin_(caste)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mahabharat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a> says that once, after <a href="/wiki/Babruvahana" title="Babruvahana">Babruvahana</a> dug a dry pond, a Bairagi Brahmin reached the centre of pond and instantly water came out of the pond with a thunderous noise.<sup id="cite_ref-hi_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hi-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bairagi_Brahmin_(caste)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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