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Raina (surname)
Raina is a surname found among Kashmiri Pandits. The people with this surname predominantly lives in Kashmir as well as diasporic communities across India. People with the name * A. K. Raina * Ankita Raina * Aparna Raina * Dhruv Raina * Gargi Raina * Jasbir Singh Raina * Jasmeet Raina * K. K. Raina * Marco Raina * M. K. Raina * Mohit Raina * Priya Raina * Queen Raina * Ravinder Raina * Robin Raina * Samay Raina * Suresh Raina * Suryansh Raina * Taaruk Raina * Tapishwar Narain Raina * Tochi Raina * Vedang Raina * Vijay Kumar Raina * Vineet Raina * Vinod Raina References Surnames of Indian origin Kashmiri Pandits, {{India-ethno-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashmiri Pandits
The Kashmiri Pandits (also known as Kashmiri Brahmins) are a group of Kashmiri Hindus and a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community of India. They belong to the Pancha-Gauda, Pancha Gauda Brahmin group from the Kashmir Valley, a mountainous region located within the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmiri Pandits are Hindu Kashmiris native to the Kashmir Valley, and the only remaining Hindu Kashmiris after the large-scale of conversion of the Valley's population to Islam during the medieval times. Prompted by the growth of Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, Islamic militancy in the valley, large numbers left in the Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, exodus of the 1990s. Even so, small numbers remain. History Early history The Hindu caste system of the Kashmir region was influenced by the influx of Buddhism from the time of Ashoka, Asoka, around the third century BCE, and a consequence of this was that the traditional lines of V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
