According to author Pran Nath Chopra, The Karhade Brahmins who were appointed as the priests came to be called as "Upadhyayas" which in due course became Padhye.
[10] According to Sahyadri Khanda, Karhades are fallen Brahmins from the polluted land of Karashtra, and made offerings to the wicked goddess Matrika.
[11] According to Rosalind O'Hanlon, the core of the text was likely written "before or around the end of the first millennium": it contains stories about Brahmin village settlements that have fallen from virtue.
[14][15] The Karhade Brahmins take their name from the town of Karad in Satara district, the sacred junction of the Koyna and Krishna.
The Karhade section, though it takes its name from Karad, a place in the Deccan region, is found chiefly in the Konkan coast.
[16] Author Sandhya Gokhale says, "Karhade Brahmins are generally thought to be a branch of the Deshastha Rigvedis who immigrated from their home in Satara district to the southern part of Ratnagiri on the Konkan Coast, where they were principally settled".