Upreti

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Upreti (Devanagari: उप्रेती), are a community of Saraswat Brahmins living in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand state of India. A few are also found in Agra District of Uttar Pradesh. This community is also found in Nepal and Sikkim. According to their traditions, they are the descendents of the Sage Bharadwaja.[1]

According to Pandit Badri Datt Pandey's legendary book History of Kumaon, the Upretis were originally inhabitants of Maharashtra state of the Western India region, or from Kannauj from where they migrated to the hills as a result of the Islamic invasion in the 12th century AD. They migrated to Nepal along with other Brahmins from Almora under the royal patronage of the Hindu kingdom when the Kumaon region was under the control of the Gurkhas till the early 19th Century.

Notable Upretis

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References

  1. ↑ People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Three edited by A Hasan & J C Das Part Three pages 1545 to 1549 Manohar Publications
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