Amcha RSB samajacha bhandavans blogas swagat Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins: Ithihas Rājāpur Sāraswat Brāhmins (RSB) (also known as Bhālāvalikar Gauda Saraswat Brahmins ) are a Hindu community of India. They belong to the Pancha (five) Gauda Brahmana groups or "Gaudadi Panchakas". Rājāpur Sāraswat Brahmins are a branch of the Saraswat Brahmins , who were supposed to have resided on the banks of the Saraswati River . They migrated to the Goa region in around 700 BC from the banks of the Saraswati. They got their name from their village of origin, namely Rajapur in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra , India, where they had migrated from Goa. The community was known as Gowd Saraswat Brahmins before their migration from Bhalavali/Rajapur. Their migration from Goa was caused by a desire not to by forced into religious conversion by the Portuguese who were present there, and also to escape attacks from Muslim rulers. They speak a versi