- Uniyal
Uniyal (उनियाल) is a
North India ngarhwali brahmin surname , mostly used in theIndia n state ofUttarakhand . InYamunotri ritual duties such as the making and distribution ofprasad (sanctified offerings) and the supervision ofpuja s (ritual venerations) are performed by the Uniyal family ofpujaris (priests).History/Origin
In 839 AD. Jayanand and Vijayanand two
ojha andjha cousins came toSrinagar Garhwal from Darbangha (Magadh )Bihar . They areMaithil brahmin . Famous poetVidyapati and politician/economistChanakya (Kautilya ) were their ancestors. They were grantedjagir at Oni, thereforeOjha andJha of twogotra skashyapa andbharadvaja became as single caste Oniyal which later-on became Uniyal. Later on some families moved to Roomdhar (in Patti-Khas- Chandrabadani near Hindolakhal)and JALED:the Jaled is an ancient village of Kashyapgaotriy Uniyals where the Sidhapeeth is situated in Patti Makhalogi-Dharakriya.Jaled also known the Janani and janmabhoomi/ mother and mother land of all uniyal of Patti Makhalogi, Dharakriya,Bamund,Udaikot,Manyar,Sarjyula (all around of Chamba & New Tehri )of Tehri Garhwal. The divine Maa Bhagwati (Mother Goddess) is the Kuldevi, or family deity, of all Uniyal, Oja, Jha and Dravidian Brahmins.Uniyals also settled in the village amaldu of pauri garhwal district.In
Paudi Garhwal and upperTehri Garhwal mostly uniyals arebharadvaja . Whereas in lowerTehri Garhwal they arekashyapa , settled in villages of Tehri-Garhwal.Uniyal Villages
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Amaldu
** Bhatwari in ghansali
**Amkot
**Bhattwari- Patti Nailchami
**Bairola
**Bangoli
**Bhadali
**Dadoor
**GarhBadongaon
**GarhGwarh
**Godumu
**Jakh-Jaspur
**Jaledh
**Jaoul
**Jaspur-Jakh
**Kaphna - Karakot Patti
**Kahandkari
**Kemarigaon
**Khalainch
**Koldhar
**Mathisari
**Naicholi
**Pangar
**Pathiyana
**Piphalti
**Roomdhar
**Rweenti
**Tingri
**Uniyalgaon Barsoli-Patakhaljol:tehri garhwal(baimund patti)
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