Kashmiri Pandits
Hindu community native to the Kashmir Valley / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins)[7] are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha Gauda Brahmin group[8] from the Kashmir Valley,[9][10] located within the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmiri Pandits are Hindu Kashmiris native to the Kashmir Valley, and the only remaining Hindu Kashmiris after the large-scale of conversion of the Valley's population to Islam during the medieval times.[11][12] Prompted by the growth of Islamic militancy in the valley, large numbers left in the exodus of the 1990s. Even so, small numbers remain.
Total population | |
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300,000[1][2][3] to 600,000[4][5][6] (est. living in the Kashmir Valley prior to 1990) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Historically: Kashmir Other communities: Jammu, National Capital Region • Ladakh • Uttar Pradesh • Himachal Pradesh • Uttarakhand • Haryana • Rajasthan • Indian Punjab | |
Languages | |
Sacred languages Sanskrit Ethnic language Hindi, Dogri, English | |
Religion | |
Hinduism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kashmiris (Kashmiri Hindus, Kashmiri Muslims), Saraswat Brahmins |