I was born and brought up a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin. Not sure who we are? Think of the Chandavarkars, Bhatkals, Haldipurs or even the Padukones. The personalities and people with these surnames and many more all belong to this small community of Chitrapur Saraswat…
I was born and brought up as a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin. Sounds quite heavy duty, no? Otherwise called Bhanap, this small community is mainly concentrated in Karnataka and can trace its origins to Kashmir. Our cuisine, however, is anything but like that from Kashmir.…