Upadhyay

Upadhyay, also spelled Upadhyaya, is a surname used by some Brahmin people in Nepal and India.

Upādhyāya is the surname of some members of the Madhwa Shivalli Brahmins and Havyaka Brahmins of Karnataka, Kota Brahmins of the Kundapur and surrounding areas of Udupi and the Audichya Brahmins of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. The Gujarat Brahmins of Shandilya are in Surat.^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

Amar Upadhyay, Indian model, film and television actor
Amod Prasad Upadhyay (born 1936), Nepalese social worker and politician
Brahmabandhab Upadhyay (1861–1907), Bengali Brahmin, nephew of the Indian freedom-fighter Kalicharan Banerjee
Chandramauli Upadhyay, Indian astrologer
Harilal Upadhyay (1916–1994), Gujarati author
Hema Upadhyay (born 1972), Indian artist who has lived and worked in Mumbai, India since 1998
Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay, Indian politician and statesman, leader in the Indian independence movement
Ram Kinkar Upadhyay, noted scholar on Indian scriptures and a recepeient of Padma Bhushan, the third highest civil award of India
Samrat Upadhyay, Nepalese writer who writes in English
Seema Upadhyay (born 1965), Indian politician, belonging to Bahujan Samaj Party
Shrikrishna Upadhyay (born 1945), Nepalese economist
Vikas Upadhyay, General Secretary for All India Youth Congress

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