offered it to Vadiraja, the pontiff of Sode maṭha, who later expanded his sphere of influence by taking all the Daivadnyas of north Canara into the fold of his Vaishnavism by extending to them dikṣa and mudra. This idol of Hayagriva is still worshipped by the pontiffs of Sode maṭha and by their Shetṭ followers. Classification Subdivisions Śeṭs were divided according to the place from where they hailed, the maṭha they followed and other criteria. The Subdivisions of Gomantaka Daivajñas Until the early 19th century, Goan Śeṭs were divided into three sub-divisions based on their geographical location, but these divisions no longer exist: Vāḍkār (from Peḍṇe, Sattarī, Divcal) Goyṃkār (from Sāsaṣṭi, Mūrgānv, Tisvāḍī, Bārdes) Sauṃdekār (from Phoṇḍā, Kāṇkoṇ, Sāṅge, Kepe) These sub-divisions never intermarried nor did they accept food from their counterparts. Diaspora in Maharashtra There are no prominent distinctions found in Maharashtra, but there are mentions of groups of Śeṭs of Goa, especially from Sāsaṣṭī, Bārdes, Tīsvāḍī, landing in places like Ṭhāṇe, Sāvantvāḍī, Ratnagiri, Khārepāṭaṇ, Mālvaṇ, Kudāl etc. They are sometimes collectively called as Koṅkaṇastha Daivajñas. Daivajñas from Koṅkaṇa later migrated elsewhere in Maharashtra, and hence they were also known as Koṅkaṇe or Konkane Devajnas as mentioned in old documents. Previously, Daivajñas from Goa refrained from having matrimonial alliances outside Goa. Today they arrange them with the Daivajñas of Karnataka and Maharashtra. Shetṭs of Kerala The emigration of Goan Shetṭs to Kerala dates from the early 13th century, when most of them settled in the port of Cochin. Some Shets migrated from Goa during the later half of the 16th century due to the religious persecution of the Portuguese. These people settled in places such as Quilon, Trichur, Kozhikode, and Kasaragod, along the coast of Kerala. The Keralite Shets have a temple dedicated to Gopalakrishna, which is perhaps the oldest temple in Fort Cochin. Society and culture Language Daivadnyas speak Koṅkaṇi and its dialects. Gomantaka Daivadnyas speak a dialect of Koṅkaṇi known as Goan Koṅkaṇi which the Ethnologue recognises as the Gomāntakī dialect, further divided into sub-dialects such as the Bārdescī Bhās or north Goan, Pramāṇa or standard Koṅkaṇī and Sāśṭicī Bhās or south Goan. Their Konkani sociolect is different from others and is more closer to the Saraswat dialect. Daivadnyas in Maharashtra, i.e. Mumbai, Ṭhane, Pune, Kolhapura, Satara, contemporarily speak Maraṭhi. In the Koṅkaṇa region of Maharashtra they speak dialects of Koṅkaṇi such as Malvani, Kudali and others.