They have now obtained a warrant from the descendant of shankar Acharya, or the high priest of Sivite Hindus, permitting them to describe themselves as Put Kunbi or purified Kunbi.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II"
R. V. Russell
In northern India there is no supreme authority for the caste, but the five southern divisions acknowledge the successor of the great reformer shankar Acharya as their spiritual head, and important caste questions are referred to him.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II"
R. V. Russell
But since the railway has been opened they have begun to intermarry with each other to a limited extent, having obtained sanction to this from the successor of shankar Acharya, whom they acknowledge as their spiritual head.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II"
R. V. Russell