Bhandari

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|meaning= Treasurer, keeper of a storehouse

|region=Indian subcontinent

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Bhandari or Bhandary is a surname found in various Hindu castes and communities in India and Nepal. Bhandari means treasurer, keeper of a storehouse.{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977169-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&q=bhandari |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}} In Punjab, Bhandaris belong to Ahluwalia and Khatri castes.{{cite book |last1=Grewal |first1=J. S. |authorlink=J. S. Grewal |title=In the By-lanes of History: Some Persian Documents from a Punjab Town |date=1975 |publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Study |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HFEKAQAAIAAJ&q=bhandari+khatri |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=0FigAAAAMAAJ&q=bhandari+ahluwalia+caste&dq=bhandari+ahluwalia+caste&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-j7bjysOMAxVg4zgGHdaiJPw4ChDoAXoECAQQAw#bhandari |title=Chandigarh |last2=Bhalla |first2=V. |last3=Singh |first3=Swaran |date=1997 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7304-119-8 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Kumar Suresh |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=uw8wAQAAIAAJ&q=bhandari+ahluwalia+caste&dq=bhandari+ahluwalia+caste&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjkwImiy8OMAxW77TgGHa-fDbI4FBDoAXoECAIQAw#bhandari%20ahluwalia%20caste |title=People of India: Punjab |date=2003 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7304-123-5 |language=en}} In Nepal, the surname is used by both Matwali and Tagadhari Chhetris,{{cite book |last1=Adhikary |first1=Surya Mani |title=The Khaśa Kingdom: A Trans-Himalayan Empire of the Middle Age |date=1997 |publisher=Nirala Publications |isbn=978-81-85693-50-7 |page=32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cH5uAAAAMAAJ&q=chhetris+bhandari |access-date=5 March 2020}} as well as Bahuns.{{cite book |last1=Raj |first1=Prakash A. |title=Brahmins of Nepal |date=1996 |publisher=Nabeen Publications |isbn=978-0-7855-7366-1 |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4i1uAAAAMAAJ&q=Nepali+brahmin+Bhandari+surname |quote=All the Brahmins in Nepal are supposed to have a gotra which ... Surname Acharya Adhikari Aryal Banskota Bastola Badal Baral Basti Bhandari Bhatta Bhattarai ...}}