08-19-2007, 08:29 PM
Kaushal from what information I have it seems gaNesha daivaj~na was a Konkani brahmin. From his title it is indeed possible that he was a Sarasvata rather than a Chitpavan. His patron was the Ram Singh the son of Mirza Raja Jai Singh and he worked mainly in Amber where apparently his patron had provided an observatory. After his death following the Assamese campaign, Daijna seems to have returned to Devagiri and possibly even observed from Nanded.