Bhardwaj Lake
Bhardwaj is a surname used by Brahmins and rajputs relating to Bharadwaja, sage Bharadwaja gotra in India. Notable people Notable people with the surname include Sports *Anil Bhardwaj (cricketer) (born 1954), Indian cricketer *B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj (born 2000) Indian badminton player *Manu Bhardwaj, Indian cricketer * Mohini Bhardwaj (born 1978), American gymnast *Om Prakash Bhardwaj, Indian boxing coach *Vijay Bharadwaj (born 1975), Indian cricketer Entertainers *Ankit Bhardwaj, Indian film and television actor *Hetu Bhardwaj, Indian writer *Lavanya Bhardwaj, Indian actor and model *Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, Indian musician *Nitish Bharadwaj (born 1963), Indian film actor and politician *Bharadwaj (composer) (born 1960), Indian music director, composer, singer-songwriter, and music producer, born Ramani Bharathwaj *Reena Bhardwaj, British singer *Rekha Bhardwaj, Indian singer *Rohit Bhardwaj, Indian actor *Shweta Bhardwaj, Indian actress *Siddharth Bhardwaj, Indian television perso ...
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Brahmin
Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (guru or acharya). The other three varnas are the Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. The traditional occupation of Brahmins is that of priesthood at the Hindu temples or at socio-religious ceremonies, and rite of passage rituals such as solemnising a wedding with hymns and prayers.James Lochtefeld (2002), Brahmin, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. 1: A–M, Rosen Publishing, , page 125 Traditionally, the Brahmins are accorded the highest ritual status of the four social classes. Their livelihood is prescribed to be one of strict austerity and voluntary poverty ("A Brahmin should acquire what just suffices for the time, what he earns he should spend all that the same day"). In practice, Indian texts suggest that some Brahmins historicall ...
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