Bhatt Prabhu Brahmin

Brahmin

Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...

 (commonly known as Parabhu in Konkani

Konkani language

KonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...

) community belongs to Panch Darvida category of Brahmins, and claiming to be a sub-caste of Karhade Brahmin community.

About the clan

It is said that certain Karhade families were excommunicated for some reason during the 14th or 15th century, which lead to the formation of a new community called as the Bhatt Prabhus. But unlike Padyes they did not migrate any other state and chose to remain in Goa.

This group of Brahmins are found only in Goa, since last 80 years they are considered as a subsect of "Padye

Padye

Padye Brahmin community hails from Goa, commonly known as "Bhatt" ,they speak a unique dialect of Konkani known as "Bhati Bhasha".-Etymology:...

" Brahmins of Goa, there is no much difference between Padyes and Bhatt Prabhus,the only difference is language,unlike Padyes Bhatt Prabhus speak pure Konkani..
In 1926 CE,Bhatt Prabhus of Goa requested Shankaracharya

Shankaracharya

Shankaracharya, is a commonly used title of heads of mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition. The title derives from Adi Shankara, a 9th century CE reformer of Hinduism. He is honored as Jagadguru, a title that was used earlier only to Lord Krishna...

 of Sankeshwar

Sankeshwar

Sankeshwar is a town located in Hukkeri taluka, Belgaum District, in Karnataka. It is located on National Highway 4. It is 50 km north of Belgaum. It is located on the bank of Hiranyakeshi river.- Geography :...

 to uplift them and include them among the Padyes,hence they are now a part of Padye clan .

They hail from Borim

Borim

Borim or Bori is a census town in Ponda taluka, North Goa district in the state of Goa,India on the banks of Zuari River....

 and Shiroda

Shiroda

Shiroda may refer to:* Shiroda , village in Maharashtra, India* Shiroda, North Goa, village in Ponda taluk, North Goa district, Goa, India...

 villages of Ponda taluka,in the Indian state of Goa

Goa

Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

.Konkanakhyan refers them as Deshmukhas of the eight Agraharas

Agraharam

An Agraharam or Agrahara is the name given to the Brahmin quarter of a heterogenous village or to any village inhabited by Brahmins...

Almost all of them are landowning farmers,though many prominent families were into money-lending business. Unlike most of the Padyes they are not engaged as priests who are either employed by the temples or perform rituals for others.

Some common surnames of Bhatt Prabhu Brahmins

• Patil
• Prabhu Miringkar
• Prabhu Desai
• Prabhu Borkar
• Devari
• Prabhu Sawkar
• Prabhu Gaonkar
• Upadye
• Prabhu Shirodkar

Kuldevtas of Bhatt Prabhu Brahmins

• Navadurga
  Navadurga
  Navadurga , which literally means nine Goddess Durgas, constitute, according to Hindu mythology, the manifestation of Durga in nine different forms...
  
  
• Shivnath
  Shiva
  Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
  
   Mahamaya
• Mahalasa
  Mahalasa
  Mahalasa is the Mohini avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is also known as Mhalshi and Mahalasa. In Goa and elsewhere, Mahalasa is considered as the Mohini form of Lord Vishnu and hence she is referred to as "Mahalasa Narayani". The deity, it may particularly be noted, also wears the holy thread,...
  
  
• Mahalakshmi

Other sources of reference

• "Goa" ,By Kumar Suresh Singh, Pra. Pā Śiroḍakara, H. K. Mandal, Anthropological Survey of India,Page:249
• "A socio-cultural history of Goa from the Bhojas to the Vijayanagara " By Vithal Raghavendra Mitragotri