Nandwana Brahmins

The Nandwana Brahmins are a group of Nandimukh Brahmins who live in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat of India. They were priests to the Yadava Dynasty and the history is published in the 1989 edition of the Nandwana samaj sampark"

Their ancestor Sukhdevji was the messenger who took the message (approx 500 years ago) from Krishna to Rukmini's parents. The current population of Nandwana Brahmins is 3500.

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