Ghimire
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Ghimire is the surname of a common caste in Brahmin
. They belong to kashyap gotra. They are found in almost all parts of Nepal
. There are two types of Ghimire those that worship the cow during the laxmi puja and those not worshiping the cow during the laxmi Puja. Besides Brahmin there are other castes who taken their surname as ghimire. During the Nepali Monarchy all the caste who didn’t have gotra
s were given kasyap gotra. So most of the people fearing the discrimination have started to use surname as ghimire. Ghimire have contributed in almost all the field of Nepalese society.
Some of the notable’s ghimire’s are
Brahmin
Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...
. They belong to kashyap gotra. They are found in almost all parts of Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
. There are two types of Ghimire those that worship the cow during the laxmi puja and those not worshiping the cow during the laxmi Puja. Besides Brahmin there are other castes who taken their surname as ghimire. During the Nepali Monarchy all the caste who didn’t have gotra
Gotra
In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...
s were given kasyap gotra. So most of the people fearing the discrimination have started to use surname as ghimire. Ghimire have contributed in almost all the field of Nepalese society.
Some of the notable’s ghimire’s are
- Madhav Prasad GhimireMadhav Prasad GhimireMadhav Prasad Ghimire , was a Nepali poet. He was regarded as one of the best poet in the Nepali Language. He is best known for Gauri, Malati Mangale, Himal Pari Himal Wari, Aswathama, Rajeshwari and Shakuntala...
(National Poet) - Laxman Ghimire (poltician-Nepali Congress)
- Late Shankar Ghimire (Poltician-Nepali CongressNepali CongressThe Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...
) - Richa Ghimire (Actress, model and producer)
- Poonam Ghimire (Ex miss NepalMiss NepalMiss Nepal contest is the national beauty pageant of Nepal and has been held since 1994 in Kathmandu. The pageant is responsible to select the delegates for international pageants like Miss World, Miss Earth & Miss International....
) - Madha Prasad Ghimire(Chief secretary)
- Madhu ghimire (Doctor)
- Jadish Ghimire (Social worker+ Sahitakar+ Poetical Analysist)
- Ajay Ghimire Chairman of Vibor Bank and Ace College of Management
- Yubraj Ghimire (Senior Journalist)
- Suhrid Ghimire (Former Golf Champion+President Continental Trading(Kia Motors+Komatsau)
- Jhamak GhimireJhamak GhimireJhamak Kumari Ghimire, born in July 1980 in Kachide village development of Dhankuta district is a Nepalese writer. She is born with cerebral palsy and writes with her left foot...
(Writer+Madan Puraskar Winner) - Supraba Ghimire (Poltician-Nepali Congress)