Brahminism is basically divided into two groups.
*Arsheya Brahmin
*Parusheya Brahmin
Vishwakarma Brahmins are Parusheya Brahmins rest are Arsheya Brahmims. Due to their five division they are also called Panchal and said to follow 5 Vedas instead of 4.
Vishwakarma are known with different surnames in different states.
State | Surname |
---|---|
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh | Vishwakarma, Sharma and Thakur |
Andhra Pradesh | Achari, Chary, and Acharya |
Tamilnadu | Vishvabrahmins, Kamaalar, Aachari or Aasaari |
Maharashtra | Suryavanshi, Kale, Dharankar, Chavhan, Pawar, Panhalkar, Yande, Borkar, Ghotekar, Manekar, Dhuratkar, Nagare, Thorat, Ingle, Dangre, Upankar, Mane, Ighe, Lohar, Koshe, Waghodekar, Kumbare, Panvalkar, Dhole, Pakhale. In Konkan Area Shemadkar, Katalkar, Gulekar, Shirvankar, Ghadi, Masurkar, Chapekar, Masurkar, Pomendkar |
Gujarat | Panchal, Pitroda, Parmar, Pithva, Suthat, Mistry, Wadia, Gohil. |
Rajasthan | Suthar and Jangid Brahmins |
Bengal | Karmakar, Lohar, Raut, Majhi, Guli, Gulimajhi, Dandamajhi, Dalui, Sutar |
Orissa | Moharana, Mohapatra, Sutar, Sahu, Parida |