User:Shaligram Family

SHALIGRAM FAMILY -- Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmins.

Gotra- Haritas.

Pravar-Angiras- Ambarish- Youvanashwa.

Sutra- Aashwalaayan.

Place of Origin--- SHALIGRAM, Karnataka.( In South India, it is customary to use name of place of residence as the family name, hence Shaligram name has been taken as family name.)

After migration Shaligram families has settled in Maharashtra at--- Chinchwad, Manchar, Samsherpur, Chakan, Saswad.

History of Shaligram family- Due to harassment and conversion torture of Islamic tyrants some brahmin families from north India,whose origin was the valley of Gandaki river ( Nepal), migrated and settled in South part of India.The area of their place of origin in Gandaki valley was having many Sal trees, hence that village was called as Saligram--- village of Sali. As per Hindu Puran, their was a rishi named as Salas on the bank of Gandaki river and he made lord Vishnu to wait outside his hut as he got power due to tap. The area of his Ashram (School) was called by his name.( Continued )

--- Branches of Shaligram family were at Pune, Chinchwad,Chakan,Manchar, Samsherpur ,in Maharashtra, initially. Shri.Morya Gosavi of Chinchwad family was a geat well known religeous personality(Year 1500).Shri. Lahebhat (Year 1375) was his great-great grand father, who is the Mool-Purush ( 1st Person) of Shaligram family. In Manchar there is another Shaligram family having their Mool-Purush ,viz.Shri Keshav alias Shri Gangadharpant (year 1460). In Manchar ( Dist- Pune) there is a stone inscription( Sheela-lekh) in big Barav ( Well). As pointed our by Prof. Girish Mandke of Deccan College Pune, the sheela-lekh was placed in the year 1344 by one Mr. Ladideo, whose father was Shri. Kadittu. Shri. Ladideo had costructed a big well on the commercial road of Paithan- Junnar for travellers. If one observes the word " Ladidev " minutely, the alphabet "Da" in Ladidev  appearsas "Ha" i.e. Lahidev. Elsewhere in the sheelalekh the alphabet DA is different than that appearing in "Ladidev" Initially in Sheela-lekh Shri.Ladideo( Lahideo) has praised his family deity "Raghunandan "-- Shriram.Today also there is an ancient temple of lord Raghunandan ,in Manchar ,which belongs to Shaligram family. Shri. Kadittu (a name from Kannada) was father of Ladidev ( Lahedeo), and origin of Shaligram family is from Karnataka. All these facts leads to a conclusion that the Barav (Well)in Manchar family was constructrd by Shri. Lahedev of Shaligram family ,in the year 1344 at Manchar.A detailed study is requied in this regard.---19.08.2014. Pune.