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'''Limaye''' is a [[family name]], common among the [[Chitpavan]] Kokanastha Brahmin community in [[Konkan division|Kokan]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The names Karandikar, Dixit and Khasgiwale are supposedly derived from the same clan.  The origin of the Limaye/Karandikar/Dixit and Khasgiwale family is believed to be from the Western Coast of India, [[Maharashtra]] - [[Ratnagiri]], a Southern District of Konkan - Maharashtra region.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=de4LAQAAMAAJ|title=Limaye kulavr̥ttānta|last1=Limaye|first1=Vināyaka Mahādeva|last2=Limaye|first2=Dāmodara Bhārgava|last3=Limaye|first3=Vāmana Gaṇeśa Khāsagīvāle|last4=Limaye|first4=Vāsudeva Dhoṇḍo|date=2001|publisher=Limaye Kula Viśvasta Nidhī|language=hi}}</ref>
The ''Kul Daivat'' (family deity) of this clan is ''Lakshmi-Keshav'' situated at ''Karle'', a small village near [[Ratnagiri]]. The Kula Devata (female deity) of this family is "Amba Jogai" situated in Central- Eastern Maharashtra- India. The [[gotra]] of people named Limaye - Karandikar - Dixit or Khasgiwale is ''Kapi''. This group of people is said to belong to the [[Chitpawan]] Kokanasth<ref name=":0" />
In the past, several Limayes were royalty in the Maratha court.  The Limaye family maintains an intergenerational history book, the Limaye Kulavrittanta.  It is published regularly in Marathi using the Devnagiri script.
The [[Chitpavan Brahmins]] story of shipwrecked people is similar to the legendary arrival of [[Bene Israel]] Jews in the Raigad district. The word "Limaye" actually means "a sailor" in Hebrew "לימאי", which could lend credence to this hypothesis.
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==External links==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070928225943/http://www.limayekul.org/
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