Lineage Surnames
Once can come across many Bhandaris with surnames such as Arekar, Aklekar, Bagkar, Barde, Bhatkar, Borkar, Karbhatkar, Manjrekar, Mayekar, Maynak, More, Naik, Narvekar, Patekar, Raikar,Redkar, Sarmalkar, Shivalkar, Surve, Vengurlekar; all have taken their surnames named after their particular native places in the region or the villages where their Kuldevta/ Kuldevi(family deity) is located.
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Famous quotes containing the word lineage:
“I declare
Two lineages electrify the air,
That will like pennons from a mast
Fly over sleep and life and death
Till sun is powerless to decoy
A single seed above the earth:
Lineage of sorrow: lineage of joy....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)