Vishwabrahmins is the term used in India

India

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 for a caste

Caste

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 of priest

Priest

A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...

s, engineer

Engineer

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s, architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

s, sculptors, temple builders and artists. The term is applied to five sub-castes; blacksmith

Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut...

s, carpenter

Carpenter

A carpenter is a skilled craftsperson who works with timber to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work, known as carpentry, may involve manual labor and work outdoors....

s, coppersmith

Coppersmith

A coppersmith, also known as a redsmith, is a person who makes artifacts from copper. The term redsmith comes from the colour of copper....

s, goldsmiths and sculptors. They connect themselves as Pancha janas of vedic period

Vedic period

The Vedic period was a period in history during which the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, were composed. The time span of the period is uncertain. Philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the Rigveda, the oldest of the Vedas, was composed roughly between 1700–1100 BCE, also...

 (Rathakara

Rathakara

Rathakāra or the Chariot maker is mentioned in several Hindu scriptures such as Rigveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda, Saṃhitas etc. There are various types of Rathakāras mentioned in the texts, their social status varying from that of a Brahmin to that of a fallen or degraded Śudra.Ratha or the chariot...

, Karmakara, Thakshaka, Kumbhakara,and NishadaSthapathies) and worshiping various forms of Viswakarma, i.e., Twostar, Daksha prajapathy, Takshaka and Maya and Rhibhus etc.

Vishwakarma are also called Brahmin

Brahmin

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

s indicates high status and is associated with the placing of the holy sacrificial fire in the Yajna kunda.

Rishis

Vishvakarma created five Brahmas/prajapathies - from his five faces.[12] They were Manu, Maya, Twosta, Silpy, Viswajna and their respective Rishi

Rishi

Rishi denotes the composers of Vedic hymns. However, according to post-Vedic tradition, the rishi is a "seer" to whom the Vedas were "originally revealed" through states of higher consciousness. The rishis were prominent when Vedic Hinduism took shape, as far back as some three thousand years...

s were

• Sanaga Brahma Rishi,
• Sanaathana Brahma Rishi,
• Abhuvanasa Brahma Rishi,
• Prathnasa Brahma Rishi,
• Suparnasa Brahma Rishi.

History

According to John Fryer, who visited India in 1670, the members of Kammalan caste held themselves equal to Brahmins and disputed the higher position of Brahmins and had their own priest systems.