Bhardwajs

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Bhardwaj (भरद्वाज) is a surname of various people in North Indian states like Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh, etc. Bhardwaj belongs to the Brahmin community of Hindus. A good population of Bhardwajs is found in the Chintpurni region of Himachal Pradesh. 'Bharadvaja' is the gotra (clan) name taken on by some of the Brahmin and Kshatriya communities in all of southern India, with the Brahmins being the descendants of Rishi (sage) Bharadwaja, and the Kshatriyas being the spiritual disciples of the Rishi.

Many of the south indian Brahmin i.e iyers and iyengars are the disciple of this rishi

Bhardwajs are the descendants of the great sage (rishi) Bharadwaja whose accomplishments are detailed in the Puranas, the sacred Hindu scriptures.