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TheBrahminEncyclopedia BrahminSurnamesList
InthisarticleIwillshareBrahminsurnameslistinIndiabasedonmyongoingresearchonBrahmins.
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IhavetriedtomakethislistofBrahminsurnamesasexhaustiveaspossible.Ifyouhaveanythingtoadd,pleasedropmeane
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PrivacyPolicy Belowispresented,bystate/geographicregiondetailedHinduBrahminsurnameslist.

Contact BengaliBrahminSurnamesList

KnowledgeCenter Bengali Brahmins are those who have origins in the West Bengal, Tripura, Bangladesh and parts of Jharkhand. At one
Brahmins were famous for their scholarship, erudition and nationalism and produced the likes of Shri Shri Ramakirshna
IndexofBrahmanaNames Thakur[2],ChaitanyaMahaprabhu[3],RaghunandanBhattacharya,PanchananTarkaratna[4],IshwarchandraVidyasagar
DefinitionofBrahmin
TodayhowevermajorityBengaliBrahminsarenotawareofHinducustoms,letaloneBrahmincustoms.Forexample
BrahminPopulationinIndia
ExCMofWestBengalopenlydenigratedHinduism.[6]
CompleteListofBrahmin
CurrentCMoffersMuslimprayers/Namaz,andindulgesinmassiveMuslimappeasementatthecostofnativeHinducul
SurnamesinIndia
ExmayorBikashRanjanBhattacharyaopenlyeatsbeef.[8]
BengaliBrahminSurnames
ManysocalledBengaliBrahminseatbeefandpork.[9]
ANoteonMukhopadhyay
Itisnotagoodsituation,asevendemographicsisagainstBengaliHindus,andinalllikelihoodBengaliHinduswillbecom
LikeusonFacebook 2050,andextinctbyendofthiscentury.[10][11]

AlistofcommonBengaliBrahminsurnamesisgivenbelow.
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Bhattacharya
Surname
Chakraborty
Gujarati
Mukhopadhyay/Mukherjee
CasteList
Bandyopadhyay/Banerjee
Adsby Google Chattopadhyay/Chatterjee
Sanskrit Gangopadhyay/Ganguly

HinduNames Ghoshal

Vedas Thakur/Tagore

Lahiri
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Bhaduri
Bengali
Sanyal
Brahmin
Maitra
IndianMuslim Bagchi

Patitunda

Kanjilal

OthersTitlesRoy,Choudhury,Majumdar,Joardar

AssameseBrahminslistofSurnames

AssameseBrahmins[12]arethosewhooriginateinAssam,Meghalaya,partsofnorthernBangladeshandsomepartsofArun
andNagaland.Atonetime,KamarupawasanimportantseatofHinduismandmanyBrahminscholarswereresidentsofKam

BrahmonSobhaGuwahatiistryingitsbesttopreserveandpromoteVedicBrahminculture[13].

Baruah

BezBaruah

BujarBarua

ChandraBarua

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RamBarua

PrasadBarua

GobindaBarua

Acharya/Acharjee

Bhattacharya/Bhattacharjee

Bhagavati

Bardalai

Gain

Goswami

Sharma

Siddhanta

Thakur

Pathak

BihariBrahminSurnamesList(Bihar/Mithila/Jharkhand)

AtonetimeBihariBrahminswerefamousfortheirscholarshipanderuditionandMithila[14]producedoneVedicscholaraftera
from Yajnavalkya. Today except for a few exceptional scholar and Vedic experts, most Bihari Brahmins lack academic rigo
interestedinrajasicandtamasicpursuits[15].

ListofBihariBrahminsurnamesisgivenbelow.

Acharya

Mishra

Ojha/Jha

Thakur

Pathak

Upadhyay

Choudhary

Shandilya

Rajhans

Kashyap

Jajware

Sharma

Chaturvedi

NepaliBrahminsListofSurnames

NeplaiBrahminsarealsoknownasBahun.ApartfromindigenousBrahminpopulationsinceancienttimes,NepaliBrahminsa
BrahminsofUPorigin(Banarasi),Bengaliorigin,Punjabi/RajasthanioriginandBrahmaKayasthaofBhutaneseorigin.

ListofNepaliBrahminsurnameisgivenbelow.

Acharya

Lamichhane

Rijal

Bastola

Bhurtel

Bhetwal

Gajurel

Chudal

Subedi

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UttarPradesh/Uttarakhand/OtherNorthIndianBrahminsSurnameList

AtonetimeNorthIndianBrahminswerefamousfortheirscholarshipanderuditionandthecentralGangeticbasinwasconside
Vediclearning.ManyoftheseBrahminswerefamousfortheirlearning,sophisticationandrangeofknowledge.Butthingsare
especiallygiventheDalitextremismandrisingIslamicfundamnetalismintheseregions.

ExceptforahandfulofnotedscholarsespeciallyinplaceslikeVaranasi,AllahabadmajorityofthesenorthIndianbrahmi
knowledge and academic rigor. They eat vegetarian food and indluge in slogaeering like "Jai Shree Ram", "Namah S
Parshuram"andwritingagainstbeefeatingonFacebook.

Havingsaidthat,eventoday,UPandUttarakandregularlychurnoutquitefewVedicscholarsandSanskritexperts.

Mishra

Dikshit

Dubey

Dwivedi

Tiwari

Trivedi

Chaubey

Chaturvedi

Pandey

Vajpayee

Bajpai

Pathak

Upadhyay

Ojha

Goswami

Parashara

Tiwari

Nirmal

Pandit

Bharadwaj

Shukla

Agnihotri

Siritiya

Tote

Pujari

Purohit

Nayapaul

KashmiriPanditSurnameList

KashmirhasproducedbrilliantBrahmins[17]likeAbhinavaGupta,KshemerajaandKalhanainthepastbuttodayKahsmiri
almostdyingspeciesandtheyaresimplyfightingfortheirsurvival,havingbeenmassacredanddrivenoutoftheirhomeland
Kashmir.[18]

Kaul

Bhat

Raina

Haksar

Tikoo

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Mattoo

Dhar

Kak

Sapru

Sopori

Razdan

Kher

Bachloo

Bakshi

Draboo

Hangloo

Wanchoo

OrissaBrahminsSurnamesList

ListofOdishaBrahminsurnamesaregivenbelow.

Samanta

Mishra

Acharya

Satapati

Pati

Upadhyay

Tiwari

Dash

Panda

Bishi

Vedi

Divedi

Trivedi

Chaturvedi

DashSharma

Dikshit

Debata

Nath

Sahu

Panigrahi

Mohapatra

Rath

RathSharma

Sarongi

Joshi

Pattojoshi

Purohit

Pujari

Devasharma

Padhi

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Khuntia

Nanda

GujaratiBrahminsListofSurnames

Bhatta

Upadhyay

Vyasa

Maharashtrian/KarnatakaBrahmins

To some extent Maharashtrian Brahmins [19] have somewhat managed to continue their Vedic heritage in unbroken traditi
reallyaverygoodthing.InplaceslikePune,onemaystillfindquiteafewSanskritscholars.

Deshmukh

Kulkarni

Deshpande

Fadnavis,PhadnisorPhadnavis

Desai

Patil

Joshi

Bhatta

Shastri

Rao

Sharma

Hedge

Garge

Varne

Shrirame

Padhye

AndharaBrahminsListofSurnames

AndhraBrahminsarethosewhoresideprimarilyinthestatesofAndhraPradeshandTelangana.Theyhaveproducedeminen
thegreatSayanacharya,thecommentatoroftheRigVedaandthefirstpersoninrecordedhistorytomentionthespeedofligh
beforewesternscience.[20]

AndhraBrahminsareoftwotypes:

Niyogi

Vaidiki/Dravida

IngeneralAndhraBrahminsidentifythemselveswithgotra,andusesuffixeslike:

Sharma

Deekshitulu

Joshyula/Josyula

Mishrula

Dwibhashyula

Bhagvatula

Shashtrula

Shastry/Sastri/Sastry

Upadhyayula

Suarashtrula

Bhattula

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Saraswatula

DravidaBrahmins(Tamil/Karnataka/Kerala)

IyersandIyengarsaretrulytheonlysectofBrahmiswhohavetrulymaintainedtheirBrahmanicaltraditionstothisdayandin
thatinmoderndayHindusim,southIndianBrahminsareplayingamuchgreaterrolethannorthIndians.ManysouthIndian
fluentinSanskit,highlyeducatedinsecularsubjectsaswellandregularlyfollowtheirfestivalsandevents.

The only problem is that many Iyers and Iyengers, especially from TN are vehemently antiHindi and antiNorth Indian
worrisomematter.

TamilBrahmins

Iyer/Aiyar

Iyengar

KeralaBrahmins

Namboothiri/Nampoorithiri

Moosathu

Unni

Kurukkal

Nambissan/Nambiassan/Nambeeassan(alsoknownasPuspakarBrahmins)[21][[Note1]

Plappally

Potti

References

1.RamakrishnaParamhamsahttp://www.ramakrishna.org/rmk.htm
2.RabindranathTagorehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore
3.ChaitanyaMahaprabhuhttp://www.iskconbangalore.org/lordchaitanya
4.PanchananTarkaratnahttp://www.bdlinks.net/biography/PanchananTarkaratna.php
5.IshwarChandraVidyasagarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishwar_Chandra_Vidyasagar
6.DangerofFascism:BuddhadebBhattacharyahttp://www.cpim.org/states/dangerfascismbuddhadebbhattacharya
7.MissionBengalJihadhttps://hinduexistence.org/2012/05/03/missionbengaljihadmamatatoconvertwestbengalas
stepbystep/
8.CPI(M) leader slammed for participating in beef event http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/cpimleade
participatinginbeefevent/article7852855.ece
9.BengaliHinduintellectualspleasestoppropagationofbeefeatingandcowslaughterhttps://hinduexistence.org/2013
hinduintellectualspleasestoppropagationofbeefeatingandcowslaughter/
10.ChangingReligiousDemographicsofWestBengalhttp://www.thetinyman.in/2011/07/westbengaldemographicsstudy
11.WestBengalPopulationExtinctionofBengaliHindushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTUyDedMok
12.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assamese_Brahmins
13.BrahmonSobhahttps://www.facebook.com/brahmonsobha
14.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maithil_Brahmin
15.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahun
16.http://www.shehjar.com/list/14/63/1.html
17.http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/features/0110/features1602.htm
18.IslamicTerrorismandGenocideofKashmiriPanditshttp://ikashmir.net/history/genocide.html
19.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deshastha_Brahmin
20.SpeedofLightinAncientIndiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW1ck0qnOk
21.PushpakaBrahminhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushpaka_Brahmin

Note

1.Some opine, that "Nambissan" are not Brahmins as they cannot enter the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. Nambi
KeralaandtheStaanikainKarnatakaaresame.ThesepeopleareveryclosetotheBrahmincommunityastheymakeg
deities,washutensilsoftheNivedyammadeforDeitiesandotherdutiestohelpthemainpriestintemples.

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82comments:

sahas April21,2016at7:22PM
InKarnatakalist,Add
Rao
Sharma
Hegde
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SubhodeepMukhopadhyay April21,2016at7:49PM
Thanks.

SaiKiranSharma June23,2016at11:02AM
AndhraBrahminsaremissing.
TherearetwomaingroupsinAndhra:
Niyogi
Vaidiki/Dravida
ThesurnamesofAPbrahminscouldbeveryconfusing,becauseinAPbrahminsidentifythemselveswithgotr
likeSharma,Deekshitulu,Joshyula,Mishrula,Dwibhashyula,Bhagvatula,Shashtrula,Shastry,Upadhyayula,S
Bhattula,Saraswatulaisadded.
Itissobecause,BrahminsintoAPcamefromtwoorthreegroups.CamefromnorthernIndiabetween5th15t
thesethreegroupsarelinkedtoeachother.

SubhodeepMukhopadhyay June23,2016at11:46AM
Thanks.

Anonymous September21,2016at11:48AM
Actually,theHegdecommunityisnotBrahmin,theyarebasicallyJainswhoareclosetoHinduBrahmins.

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PradeepJeothi May26,2016at9:18AM
InKerala,pleaseaddthefollowing

Nampoorithiri
Moosathu
Unni
Kurukkal
Nambissan
Plappally
Potti
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SubhodeepMukhopadhyay May26,2016at9:27AM
Done.Thanks.

Anonymous September21,2016at11:45AM
HIPradeep,
I am of the opinion that "Nambissan" is not a Brahmin as they cannot enter the sanctum sanctorum of
Nambissan, Varrier in Kerala and the Staanika in Karnataka are same. These people are very close to
communityastheymakegarlandsforthedeities,washutensilsoftheNivedyammadeforDeitiesandotherd
themainpriestintemples.

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Anonymous May30,2016at5:39PM
BrahminsinTNarenotantihindinorantinorthindianbutarecreatedasanimage
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Anonymous June17,2016at10:08AM
MostIyersarehavingnamesthatareofShivaandVishnunames

IyengarsarestrictlyholdingVishnunames

IyershavenamesthatIyengarshave

butitisntotherwayaround
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Anonymous June20,2016at12:11PM
All India Brahman Aarakshan Manch 5 ,,
share
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Anonymous June25,2016at7:48PM
WhataboutNatarajfromKarnataka?
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SubhodeepMukhopadhyay June25,2016at9:47PM
Whataboutthem?

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Anonymous June26,2016at8:50AM
IsNatarajalsoasurnameandifso..aretheyBrahmins..Myfriendhasitattheendofhisnamebutquitenotsure.
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Anonymous March1,2017at10:32AM
Yes,Natarajarebrahmins

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ViratJoshi July10,2016at4:30PM
I am in TN for many decades. Many north indian kshatriyas and brahmins should come and settle in TN. Here
populationislittlesotheyfindithardtomanagetheoppositeantibrahmingroups.
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Unknown August30,2016at12:22AM
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adityasrinivas August30,2016at12:30AM
thanks virat. being a tamilbrahmin,i agree with your assessment.We are not antihindi/northindians. The
preventstheimplementationofhindiinschoolswhichfollowstatesyllabus.Iwouldlikeyoutoaddthatwes

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surnamesafterdravidianmovement(antibrahminwaveduringwhichbrahminswerebeatenandjaneauwascu
whogotdisplacedfromTNstillusesurnames

Anonymous December9,2016at2:31PM
rightlysaidjoshiji.havebeenfacingthesituationformorethantwentyyears

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Anonymous August27,2016at7:52AM
Therearenogowdasaraswathabrahmanasurnamesmentionedabove.Kindly,seetoit
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Anonymous March1,2017at10:34AM
GSBBrahminsgenerallyhavesurnamessuchasBhat,Nayak,Hegde,Prabhu,Mallyaetc

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AakrustaPanigrahy September1,2016at8:27PM
Heyit'sverynicecompilation.
ButuhaveforgottentomentionthetraditionofbrahminsofOdishawhichisalmostintactlikeTamilnaduandMaharash
HereBrahminsarestillreveredrespectfullyasbeforeandholdhighpositionsingovernmentoffices
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sanjanalahiri September9,2016at9:28AM
patra
Sannigrahi
MohantyarealsoinOdishaBrahmin.
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EkanshMishra September12,2016at10:56PM
Shukla
Agnihotri
ChaturvediarealsoinUPBrahims...MoreoverjustacorrectionTrivedi'sarebrahminbtnotsameasTiwariasmentione
Tiwari/Tripathiaresame,itsjustsomeuseTiwariassurnamewhilesomeuseTripathi.
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Aman September17,2016at5:23PM
Sir,InMaharashtra,surnamelikeGarge,Varne,Shrirame,Padhye(Upadhyays),Shukl,Gargeshukl,tooareinlarg
Kindlyadd.
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Anonymous September17,2016at11:11PM
GSBbrahminsfromgoaspeakingkonkani:PaiKamathNayakNaikprabhuballaletc.lookupgowdsaraswatcommun
Tulubrahminbhatnavadaacharya
Kannada:Adigabairyshastriavadhani
orrisamohanty
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Anonymous September25,2016at11:10PM
WhataboutNayakfromcostalkarnataka?
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AnandMishra September27,2016at1:08AM
InUPfewbramhinssurnameofBundelkhandisSiritiya
Toteetc
InUttarakgand
Pujari
Purohit
Naypaul
Etc
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Anonymous October2,2016at11:25AM
whataboutgirigoswami?
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Anonymous October5,2016at9:14PM
Hi,
PlsaddSharmatoTamilBrahmins.Mostofthemhavetherenameendingwithsharma.
Althoughtheydonttellthesurname"sharma"
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BudhaSubedi October6,2016at9:19PM
Subedifromnepal
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SurendraKhuntia October9,2016at7:08PM
Hi,PladdKHUNTIA,NANDAtitlesareBrahmininOdisha."Khuntia"titledBrahmanarelimitedtoLingarajtemplea
andJagannathtempleatPuriinOdisha.
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Anonymous October11,2016at3:51PM
In maharashtarian list add this surnames kamat,samant,ghangrekar, soman, oak,khanolkar,d
walawalkar,gvankar,kale,koshe,mondkar,wagle,kinare,kane, prabhavalkar,redkar
karnik,laud,khedkar,kasbekar,naik,gadgil,gokhale,thakur
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Anonymous June2,2017at10:27PM
DADHE.UPASNIANDKAPSEWECANADDINMAHARASHTRA

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Anonymous October13,2016at1:03AM
FromKarnataka:
Bhatta
Hegde
Dixit
Das
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sridhar October13,2016at1:52PM
pleaseaddthesebrahmincastinuttarakhandstatebrahminlist.kuniyal,uniyal,nautiyal.
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Anonymous October28,2016at4:51AM
SomeIyengarBrahminnamefromTNincludeRangachari,Rangarajan,Narayanan,Govindarajan,Krishnamachari,G
Ranganathan,Ramachandran,Ramakrishnan,Balaraman,Krishnan,Narasimhan,Varadarajan,Andal,Kulasekharan,
Sudarshanan,Jagannathan,Raman.TheystrictlyuseVishnunames.

Iyer names include Natarajan, Ekambaran, Sankaran, Shankar, Maheshan, Sivakumaran, Mahadevan, Ba
Subramanian,Murugan.TheyhaveShivaandVishnunames.
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anupamtrivedi November6,2016at1:54PM
InUttarakhand:
Trivedi
Tiwari
Tripathi
Uniyal
Nautiyal
Khanduri
Devrani
Pandey
Joshi
Mishra
Bhatt
Dalakoti
Pant
Sharma
Pathak
Barthwal
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Anonymous December15,2016at5:44PM
trigunayak/tigunayat

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SUNILKANTVashisth November8,2016at3:47PM
InHaryana,WesternUP,RajasthanandDElhilistofBrahmingotrasare
Vashisth/Vashisht
Kaushik
Parashar
Vats
Bhargava
Bhardwaja
Mudgil
Shandilya
Jamdagni
Attri/atraye
Dixit/Dikshit
Angrash
Bhrigu

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ShawetaModgil January9,2017at11:32AM
SomeareMoudgilsandModgilaswellMudgilpronouncelikethatnotitstheexactone.AdminpleaseaddModg

ShawetaModgil January9,2017at11:34AM
SomeareMoudgilsandModgilaswellMudgilpronouncelikethatnotitstheexactone.AdminpleaseaddModg

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SUNILKANTVashisth November8,2016at3:52PM
InHaryana,WesternU.P,RajasthanandDelhithereareGaurandAdiGaurBrahmins.

Vashisth/Vashisht
Kaushik
Bhardwaj
Vats
Mudgil
Jamdagni
Bhrigu/Bhargava
Parashar
Alambain
Atri/Atraye
Shandilya
Sharma
Joshi
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SamreshBhardwaj February24,2017at7:27AM
AllthesebrahminGotrasarenotalwaysGaur.TheycanbeSaraswatbrahminsaswell

SamreshBhardwaj February24,2017at7:31AM
I dontr know how come you have been putting rubbish and ignorance here and want people to believe it. T
fromVashishhisfactuallyincorrect.Pleaseignorethis

SamreshBhardwaj February24,2017at7:32AM
InPunjab,Rajasthan,HimachalandDelhithereareSaraswatBrahmins.

Bhardwaj
Vats
Mudgil
Parashar
Atri/Atraye
Joshi
Prabhakar
Garg
andmanymore....

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Anonymous November24,2016at11:22PM
InOdisha
Suaro,MahaSuaro
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Anonymous November26,2016at1:11AM
(achariyamahabrahman)orsaraswatandsanadyabrahmanbhitouphariyanaordelhimerahtehaunhekahabhul
aadigourtoyaadrahejobrahmankilistmeunkakoihistorybhinahihotolikhoorliknesepahlebooknamebhibata
bookhomanupulatednahi
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Anonymous December6,2016at12:38AM
Issarkateabrahmin
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madmax December6,2016at2:39AM
Very well said Subhodeep. I have been in most Indian states and have very keenly observed the behaviour of brah
views are completely 100% endorsed.In bengal for the benefit of having nuthin to do and still get state dole outs
completelycapitulatedandisthemostantihindustatealongwithKerala.Biharibrahminsareinterestedonlyinegoga
noterudition/scholarlybentofmind.UPbrahminstrytobeinpoliticalarenawithverylittleregardforscholarlyachiev
for few of them. Gujarat , Rajasthan Delhi , Punjab brahmins are totally materialistic with no hint of brahminism in
brahminsarelostsomewhere.TamilNadu,Karnatakabrahminsstillholdthefortinscholarlypursuits.
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vaishnavm December7,2016at1:39AM
itstimeforustoregainthelostteachingsofvedastooursociety.wehavetosetupsmallreligiousinstitudesorchan
new generation brahmins can also learn the gitas, upanishads, vedas, etc. nowadays, there are a number of brahm
haven'theardorknownaboutevenadisankaraandaboutupanishads.thenewgenerationbrahminsespectiallyin
namely girls are marrying other castes and a whole 4000 trs old culture is merely destroyed due to their zero kn
scripturesandwhatisourplaceinhistoryandevenaroundtheworld.least,butnotlastiquotewhatlordkrishnaingi
thebrahminrootswillbelostifheorsheisnotdoingatleastthemorningandeveningeverydayprayerswhichistold
vedas.pleasedosomethingaboutit.itisarequestfromabrahminformkeralawheresankarawasbornandfallingpo
love marriages (mainly girls) and population fallout.But i also would like to suggest the brahmin authorities to pa
communitiesandacrosstheworld.
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Anonymous February1,2017at7:48PM
IamaRahreeBrahmanfromWB.WhatImostlyseemostbrahminfamilieswhoevenfollowreligion
areveryritualisticforthemostpart.Theyknowandcaretheleastaboutthetrueessenceofthe
religionorofbeingabrahman.Eventheculturallyandfinanciallyestablishedbrahminfamilies
nowadayssendtheirchildrentosuchschoolswheretheydonotreceiveaniotaofreligious,moral
andethicalteachings.Howwilltheyeventuallyknowhowandwherethegreatnessliesinthisancientreligio
whytheyshouldalsoputtheirbittopreserveitespeciallywhen
theydonotgetitfromeventheirparentswhoonlybelievethatonlymimicryofthewaysoflife
thataredeemedsuperiortouswouldmaketheirpast,presentandfutureglorious.

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Anonymous December15,2016at5:43PM
@subhodeepmukhopadhyayapleasemakeanadditiontothebrahminlistofuttarpradesh:

trigunayak/trigunayat/tigunayat/tigunait.
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Sharyn December22,2016at3:15AM
Sir:MyhusbandisaMasundraiBrahminandhisGotraisVats,couldyouhelpmefindoutmoreabouthisfamilylin
familymighthaveoriginatedfrom.TheyarecurrentlylivinginPunjabandHaryanaandtheoldergenerationareno
theycannotgiveusthebackgroundofthefamily.WeliveinCanadaandIwouldliketolearnmoreaboutmyHusband's
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VenkataSMantri December23,2016at1:27AM
MantriisasurnameusedinNiyogiBrahminsinAndhraPradesh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantri
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PurviTrivedi January9,2017at2:22AM
plsaddforgujarati

mehta

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joshi
parekh
desai
prabudesai
jani
shukla
savla
pancholi
dave
bhatt
dwivedi
trivedi
chaturvedi
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Anonymous March21,2017at2:14PM
Vyas,Raval,Purohit,Acharya,Danak,Thanki,Shastri

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Anonymous January9,2017at5:04PM
vedbhatlavandepleaseaddbhatlavandeinmaharashtralist
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Unknown January11,2017at1:39PM
addpatwardhan,kelkarinmaharashtrianbrahmins
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Unknown January11,2017at1:40PM
addpatwardhanandkelkarinmaharashtrianbrahmins
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Bahuguna January13,2017at2:46AM
CastenamesofGarhwaliBrahmins:(Butbasedessentiallyontheirvillagenames!!!Nobodyknowswhatwastheirca
settledinhills...Mostofthemclaimthattheirancestorscamefromtheplains.....fore.g.Bahugunasclaimtobeactually
of bengal as their origin..20% of Uttarakhand's population is Brahmins..many have deserted hills because
opportunities...these Brahmins strictly follow the gotra systems and don't marry within their gotra or in their ma
gotra...manyofthemareinhighergovt.positions...especiallythearmy...Dobhal,Dhasmana,Bhat..

1.Nautiyal
2.Semwal
3.Maithani
4.Khanduri
5.Semalti
6.Gairola
7.Raturi
8.Dimri
9.Chamoli
10Thapliyal
11Dyundi
12Nawani(Nauni)
13Hatwal
14Kothiyal
15Satti/Sati
16Bijalwan
17Lakhera
18Pujari
19Bahuguna
20Dangwal

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21Dobhal
22Uniyal
23Ghildiyal
24Naithani
25Juyal
26Saklani
27Joshi
28Tiwadi/Tiwari
29Painyuli
30Chandola
31Dhaundiyal
32Mamgain
33Badthwal
34Naudiyal
35Kukreti
36Dhasmana
37Kainthola
38Suyal
39Bangwal
40Anthwal
41Baukhandi
42Jugran
43Malkoti
44Balodi
45Ghanshala
46Madwal
47Devrani
48Pokhriyal
49Dabral
50Sundriyal
51Kimothi
52Kothari
53Badola
54Baloni
55Panthri
56Badoni
57Purohit
58Kotnala
59Kala
60Malasi
61Pharasi
62Badani/Badhani
63Kudiyal/Kuriyal
64Bhatt
65Baudai
66Godura
67Silwal
68Amoli
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Anonymous January28,2017at5:46PM
Whatabout'DAS'surnameofwestbangal?
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rahulpandya February2,2017at3:26PM
Gujaratibrahmin"PANDYA"

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Anonymous February2,2017at1:27AM
Thissiteisagreatonenotonlytheissuesitaddressesbutalsothewealthofcontentitprovides
tothereader.Nowordsofpraiseisn'tperhapsenoughfortheeffortsofshreeSubhodeepMukhopadhyay.
Hehasrightlypointedoutthat,eventheBrahminsinWestBengalletalonetherestofHindupopulace

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arenotawreofbareHinducustoms.Therealityissostarkthatitcanbeseenevenwithone'seyes
closed.IwouldwaitwithalleagernesstoseeifshreeMukhopadhyaycanshedmorelightonthis,in
anotherarticle,astowhyandwhenWestBengalBrahminslostintheway.
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SubhodeepMukhopadhyay February2,2017at6:02PM
Thankyouforthekindwords.

IhaveaddressedyourqueryonwhyHinduBengalishavelostoutinmyotherwebsite,TheTinyMan.Please
below.
http://www.thetinyman.in/2016/10/whyaremostbengalisantihinduargumentativeantinational.html

SubhodeepMukhopadhyay February2,2017at6:04PM
Thelinkis:
WhyaremostBengalisantiHindu,illogical,argumentativeandantinational?

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rahulpandya February2,2017at3:24PM
Gujaratibrahmin"PANDYA"
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hari February5,2017at11:19AM
NepalibaahunlivinginkarnaalieastpartofNepalarenotbhraminsinNepal.Theyallareactualy"khas"camefromm
someofthemweretakenbybritishfromLatinAmerikaandsetteledthembybritishinMeghalayaasspys.Someofth
middleeastwithTemurLenastheporter.Nepalikhasstarted:yagopabit
"onlysinceB.S20172040,just55yearagobecausetheyweresuggestedto
have"janeu"byEnglish.AftervisitofelizabethtoNepal,abritishteamsuggestedtoNepalikhastopretendlikebram
there cast so that it will become to save them from india. So all the nepali living in eastern part of Nepal are kh
ancistorsweretheporterofTemurlen.Theywerestoringhaterofhindusagesandsanyasisotheykilledabot600san
fighting against British Raj in 1957. Specially the khas living in the district:gorkha, syanjaa, jhaapaa, morang and s
themselvswhentheymarchedfromnepaltoIndiatokillsanyasi.Thesekhasaswenttosanyasiaslikepligimsand
Jhasikiranilakshmibaaihappilywelcomedthemtostaynightwiththembutkhasakilldall600sanyasiduringnigh
hiddenhistryofEsternNepalkhasbrahmins.TheyarenotbrahminsotheywerecalledbahunbythekingsandTha
thereasontheThakuriofwestpartofNepalneveracceptedatikafromthem.Theywerekhas.Icanchallange,plea
TestofesternNepalipeopleandmiddleastkhasandLatinosandIamsuruitwillmatches100%
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Anonymous February9,2017at7:31PM
Add

DikshadarinTamilBrahmins.
TheyareIyer.
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Anonymous February19,2017at8:04PM
AcompletelistofChitpavanbrahminsshouldbeadded.TheyaremainlyfromKonkanregionofmaharashtrakarnat
Marathi/Konkakni/Kannada
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NiranjanKarmakar February22,2017at6:42PM
Surnameram,casteBrahminpleasetellmethegatro,livingnowinMalaysia.
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Anonymous March17,2017at5:02PM
I'mbramaninbijnor(up)iusesoti(shotriye)assurname
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TusharSaili March30,2017at12:00AM
Punjabibrahmin
SAILI,Rishi,Sharma,Vaid,Bhardwaj,Prashar,Vashisht,Teji,
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SiddharudhCManagunde April4,2017at11:51PM
InKarnataka,HeggadeareJainsbutHegade/Hegdearebrahmins.Youhavemissedoutlotofbrahmin'ssurnamesf
whicharelistedbelow:

Joshi
Kulkarni
Deshmukh
Deshpande
Purohit
Purandare
Dixit
Hegde/Hegade
Nayak
Rao
Sharma
Bhardwajetc.

BTW,I'mnotabrahminbybirth
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dukeSS April19,2017at11:42PM
Saraswats must be written in one category as they are from common ansestry as well as culture all keshmiri, pu
marathiandgoa,andalsofewinRajasthan&oddisianbrahminsaresaraswatbrahmin.Biggestbrahmincasteofindia
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dukeSS April19,2017at11:43PM
Bythewaywherearepunjabiandrajisthanibrahminslist.
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Abc May2,2017at11:57PM
PleaseenterthefollowingsurnamesofbrahminswhogenerallybelongstoMadhyaPradesh(BaghelkhandareaSa
sahdoldistt)andotherpartsinmp

Sharma

Rao

Bhatt

Bhat

Dasaundhi

Garg

Pathak

Parauha

Dubey

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Tiwari

Choubey

Trivedi
Chaturvedi
Shukla
Shukul
Mishra

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Unknown May10,2017at5:03PM
WhereareGautambrahmin?

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Anonymous May11,2017at1:57PM
WhoarebrahmbhattsinGujarat?Aretheybrahmin?
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Unknown May24,2017at12:59PM
RajpurohitisaverypowerfulcasteinRajasthaniBrahmins.ithassomanygotraslikerajguru,parashar,vyas,jagarwal
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Dr.umeshAvasthi May24,2017at1:40PM
ThereisonemostimportantsurnamemissinginU.P.Brahamingroup,pleaseaddthis"AWASTHI".whotheyarranged
forvanprasthashrampraveshtheyallbrahminscalledAwasthi.Ihavedefinationforalluttarpradeshkanyakubjabrahm
anybody interested to know.btw all bengali brahmins ended with upadhyay mukhopaddhyay,bandopaddhyay etc.are
kanyakubjabrahmanshakha....
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Prafulla May24,2017at5:49PM
Actually,Sharma,VarmaandDassarenotsurnames,butaresuffixtitlestobeplacedaftertheirfirstnamesbyBrah
andVaishyasrespectively.
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