Kanyakubja Brahmins

Kanyakubja Brahmins

Kanyakubj Brahmins are a Brahmin community found in central India and certain parts of the east, mainly in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Nepal and Orissa. The word Kanyakubja means Brahmins of the Kannauj region. Kannauj region was spread to border of Vidisha in ancient times. Most of the Kanyakubjas were landlords during the colonial rule in Awadh, Kannauj region and Bhojpuri region of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh and Utkal region of Orissa.Other sub-group of Kanyakubja are the Saryupareen Brahmin, Jujhautiya Brahmin and Bhumihar Brahmin. In the 19th (held at Prayag) and 20th (held at Lucknow) national convention of Kanyakubja Brahmins by Kanyakubja Mahati Sabha, in 1926 and 1927 respectively, it appealed for unity among Kanyakubja Brahmins whose different branches included Sanadhya, Pahadi, Jujhoutia, Saryupareen, Chattisgarhi, Bhumihar Brahmin and Bengali Brahmins .