Gangari Brahmin

{{Short description|Brahmin subcaste in Uttarakhand, India}}

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{{Infobox caste

|caste_name= Gangari\Gangadi

|classification= Brahmin

|populated_states= Uttarakhand, India

|languages= Garhwali

|related= Garhwali people

|religions= 15px Hinduism

}}

Gangari Brahmin is a Brahmin subcaste originating from the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India. They were settled in the villages surrounding the Ganges valley hence known as "Gangari" Brahmins.{{cite book |last1=Ghildial |first1=Avaneet Kumar |title=Political Development in Garhwal |date=1994 |publisher=Classical Publishing Company |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EdFHAAAAMAAJ&q=gangari+brahmin+ganges |language=en}}{{Cite book|author=Saklani, Atul|year=1987|title=The History of a Himalayan Princely State: Change, Conflicts, and Awakening: an Interpretative History of Princely State of Tehri Garhwal, U.P., A.D. 1815 to 1949 A.D.|publisher=Durga Publications|location=|pages=not specified|oclc=17918157|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UOItAAAAMAAJ}}

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Category:Brahmin communities of Uttarakhand

Category:Garhwal division