Talk:Achari (community)

Achari (community)
Not all Achari Communities are Charodis. Kindly check the usage for "Achari community" in google books Ganesh J. Acharya (talk) 05:00, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
 * please add valid references citing that all Achari communities in the world are Charodis before redirecting it.Ganesh J. Acharya (talk) 18:22, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Charodi is a usage only specific to people in Karnataka and not people else where. While Achari Community has a much wider usage. There is a usage of Achari Community among Iyengars, "As a matter of fact, Chari is a shortened form of Acharya and in the South all Vaishnav Brahmins have the caste suffix Achari or Iyengar to their names" Memoirs of an unrepentant communist - Page 20 and Vishwabrahmins "VISWAKARMA/KAMMALAR A community of Tamil Nadu, they are also known as Viswa Brahman, Viswakammala, Kammalar, Panchala or Achari. Achari" People of India: A - G. - Volume 4 - Page 3662  Ganesh J. Acharya (talk) 04:14, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I have changed the redirect to a more popular usage of the Achari Community since there are many references Ganesh J. Acharya (talk) 01:56, 24 January 2014 (UTC)