Maharashtri

Southern Indian brahmins who make
up one of the five southern brahmin
communities (Pancha Dravida); the
other four are Gujarati, Karnata,
Andhra, and Dravida. As their name
would indicate, the core region for
Maharashtri brahmins is the modern
state of Maharashtra. The Maharashtri
brahmins are themselves divided
into two subgroups: the Chitpavan, or
Konkanastha brahmins, who live in
the coastal regions, and the
Deshastha brahmins, who live further
inland in the Deccan.