Audichya Brahmin

Audichya Brahmins are a Hindu Brahmin sub-caste primarily of Kanyakubja Brahmin origin mainly from the Indian state of Gujarat. They are the most numerous Brahmin community in Gujarat. A minority of them reside in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

According to tradition, the Audichya Brahmins descend from over a thousand North Indian Brahmin families who were invited by Solanki kings in the 10th century to Gujarat to serve as priests of the Rudra Mahālaya Temple. The king Mularaja who conquered Gujarat and Saurashtra, had invited the Northern Brahmins. These Brahmanas were called as Audichyas. Audichyas are primarily Kanyakubja Brahmins. Georg Bühler also refers to Mülaraja of Kanyakubja, who conquered Gujarat, Mülaraja and his successors settled in Gujarat numerous colonies of Brahmins, who down to the present day, are called Audichya.

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