Rath
Rath, Ratha or Rathasharma (Odia: ରଥ, ରଥଶର୍ମା, Sanskrit: रथ, रथशर्मा) are Utkala Brahmins having Atreya or Krishnatreya gotra. They belong to Utkaliya Brahmin group of Northern India Panch Gauda Brahmins. Among other Brahmin community they hold high social status regarded as highly learned scholars and others used to take advice from them regarding religious or social activities. They derive their lineage to Saptarshi Atri Rishi, who lived near Mandakini river near Chitrakoot with his wife Sati Anusuiya. In Ramayan Lord Ram along with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman visited Rishi Atri and Sati Anusuiya at their hermit near Chitrakoot after crossing Yamuna river from prayagraj.it is here that Rishi Atri advised Lord Ram to proceed to dandakarayana for vanvaas. Maa Sati Anusuiya gave Sita Divya alankar and Anga vastra, which she had received from Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswar. These deva alankars and vastra remain new for ever. Sita used these anga vastra during fourteen years of vanvaas at panchbati. When Ravan took away Sita from panchbati she dropped these Divya alankaar from pushpak viman which helped Ram to reach Lanka. Atreya gotri generally belong to Kaanva sakha of Yajurveda. Being a Vedic Brahmin Atreya gotri are ordained to do adhyayan (learning) and adhyapaan (teaching) of Vedas and other shastras. As they are shrotiya Brahmins they are also authorised to conduct Yagna and other Vedic rituals. However they usually do not perform karm Kand I.e., brotopanoyan, marriage, shraddh ceremony nor do they receive daan or dakshina. Between tenth to twelfth century the Gajapati (Maharaja) of Jagannath.
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