Sanadhya Brahmin

Sanadhya Brahmin

Sanadya Brahmin or Sanadh Brahmin, or Sanah Brahmin or Sanidya Brahmin are a community of Brahmins, living prominently in Delhi,Western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh area of India. They are originally from North India and migrated to central India due to Mugal attacks on Afghan - Kashmir and Himalaya. They are traditionally engaged in ashramit/hermit life, the life of austerity: sanen tapsah adhya.. They can be classified as one of the strongest schools of the Upanishads teachings. They are also followers and priest of Sun like other Panchayatan deities. Their Ashramas made a chain from the foothills of the Himalayas through Doab down to Chitrakut. Their Ashramas suffered most fearsome attacks by rulers of Non-brahmnical faiths. They are the prime Antarvedi Brahmins (those who live in the lands between Yamuna and Ganga i.e. Doab and interlands of upper reaches)and were held very high as Guru in Shakta traditions. (Vidyadharacharya's Yamal vachan). They also contributed largely to Kashmiri Shaivism as the Great Acharya Abhinavgupta was an Antervedi Sanadhya Brahmin who settled in Kashmir (Para Trisika-Vivarana by Abhinavgupta, Autobiographical verses).

In the 19th and 20th national convention of Kanyakubja Brahmins by Kanyakubja Mahati Sabha, in 1926 and 1927 respectively, Kanyakubja Brahmins whose different Brahmin branches included Sanadhya, Pahadi, Jujhoutia, Bhumihar Brahmin, Saryupareen Brahmins, Chattisgadhi and different Bengali Brahmins.