Dhakal

Dhakal (Nepali: ढकाल pronounced [ɖʱʌkal]) is a Bahun (बाहुन)/Kshatriya(क्षत्रिय) surname found in Nepal and in some parts of India (Sikkim).

The Dhakals are believed to be the direct descendants of Rishi or sage Upamanyu, who is in turn believed to be descended from Rishi Vasishta. They are believed to have originated from a place called Dhapuk in the .^{[citation needed]} The Sikkimese Dhakals have been in Sikkim and the Dhakals from mid-western Nepal migrated towards the east including Syanja, Gorkha, and all the way to eastern Nepal.^{[citation needed]} Dhakals were engaged in priestly and astrological works done by Bahun priests in the Kingdom of Gorkha. Astrologer Kulananda Dhakal used to counsel King Prithvi Narayan Shah before war.^[1] Yaku {Bhojpur and Gorkha} is known as the Birta of Dhakal; Syanja, Gorkha, Terathum, Bhojpur and Gorkha are famous places from which many Dhakals have emerged. Today, many Dhakals are also found in India and Nepal, especially in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and in Bhutan.^{[citation needed]}

Culture[]

The culture is a part the traditional Nepali-Hinduism Brahmin culture including Bhutanese and Burmese Dhakal

Notable people[]

• Kulananda Dhakal, chief priest and astrologer of the 18th-century ruler Prithvi Narayan Shah
• Ram Krishna Dhakal (born 1974), singer
• Ek Nath Dhakal (born 1974), politician
• Rishi Dhakal, US Based Nepalese businessman, Honorary Consul General California United States of America
• Ramnath Dhakal, from Rupandehi, Nepalese politician,
• Janardan Dhakal, from Rasuwa, Nepalese politician,'
• Baburam Dhakal, (born 4 April 1979) film director of Nepal
• Shyam Dhakal, (born November 5, 1981) Alpine skier from Nepal.
• Shobhakar Dhakal, is the Head of Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change at AIT, Thailand
• Biswas Dhakal, Nepalese entrepreneur

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