Godbole

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Godbole is a surname from Kokanastha Brahmins or Chitpavan Brahmins from Western Maharashtra (Western Coast of India).

God'bo'le God - Sweet bole - talk Godbole - Sweet talk

Kuladeivat: Shree Vyadeshwara - Guhagar Shree Durga Devi - Guhagar Shree MahaLaxmi' - Kolhapur Shree Meruling' -

Most of the Godbole families come from Guhagar and there are 5 families comes from a place called as Pawas Godboles may also have origins dating thousands of years ago from devache gothane, ganpati pule and various other parts of the great Maharashtrian Konkan coast. Now, there are a large number of them in Mumbai and Pune as well as other places. There is a book written on the Godbole family, lineage, migration, genetics, origins, etc

Gotra Koushik Reference: http://www.kokanastha.com/htm/koushik.htm

Mother Tongue - Marathi Most Godbole's speak Hindi and English.

Religion - Hindu

Myth - Godbole's are decendents of the Lord Parshuram (6th avatar of Vishnu) who are Chitpavan brahmins who became warriors to fight against injustice

Godbole was Gadbole The Surname was found in history as Gad (not God) GadBole. This was a post in the Army, these are snipers, when they found the enemy around, their duty to give the information to fort (gad).

Godbole's were also Sardar's (Military Generals and Strategists) in the court of Peshwa.

Godbole family may include descendants of Caucasian people from the Ashkenaz area and Scythian immigrants into India. They are generally fair and have light eye color. The connection is not completely proven to be true

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