Shrestha or Shresta (Nepali: श्रेष्ठ), is a surname belonging to the community of people in Nepal and India and trace their origin to Northern-Indian roots. They originate from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in India. During the reign of the Shah kings in Nepal, Shresthas used to work mostly as laborer in India. Even amongst Shresthas, there is a differentiation of caste, called 'thari', the difference being mostly between "panch thari" (5th level) and "ccha thari" (6th level). It is speculated that there is an additional "das thari" (10th level).
Often people from various parts of Nepal who are considered of lower caste (Sarki, Damai, Chyame etc.) have changed their last name to 'Shrestha' and that is the main reason why the number of people bearing 'Shrestha' as their last name has grown exponentially in the last couple of decades. That is also the reason for above 80 percent of people who have 'Shrestha' as their last name can't speak the Newari language.
It is also believed that another caste "Pradhan", originally pronounced as "Pa-Ra-Dhaan". Which means, rice carrier, also came from central parts of India. During Rana rule, Pradhans from different parts of Nepal started to pour in to Kathmandu and mixed themselves with Newars living in the valley. They were called "Pa-Ra-Dhaan" because their job was to carry huge sacks of rice on their backs, to transport from local Newars in Kathmandu to outside of the valley.
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Are you real a shrestha? i think you should also be a person who changed surname to shrestha. If you are a real shrestha.. go and read history again. Have you ever heard about syosyo...if not go and ask some real shrestha newars..........
ReplyDeleteShresthas are coutires and traders during Malla period .They claim kyastriya status as chettris does ...I am pure newar i know real histroy(histroy lover)
DeleteIf you are a real Newar, please help me find out the gotras of Shrestha. m' also Shrestha & my Gotra is Kashi but when i asked other Shrestha, they have the same gotra as well.
Deletesame here even my bf gotra is kashi
DeleteEvery line here is posted to mock the legacy of Newars and make fun of their highest cast. And the owner does not have a gut to post with his true identity and post under newari name to make fun of newars. If you have guts, do it under your true name or last name.
ReplyDeleteyeah you dumb fuck come out and reveal your coward self ... and btw .. dumbass - get a life
ReplyDeletewho ever has posted it is sucker
ReplyDeletewho is this fuckin rajeswhor dick head u r posting shit thing in the name of shrestha.come infront of me i ll show u who is shrestha. u fuckin ass hole.if u r bold then go infront of any shrestha and tell him these thing that would be your last day in earth
ReplyDeleteGood reply.
DeleteI don't think this is true. In what basis did you posted. Can you provide some references?
ReplyDeleteI can also write anything that I want, but you should know yourself what you wrote. I'm sure you cannot face urself in the mirror writing all this crap as so called history.
Fuck U, Rajeshwore, You are trying to defame shresthas.
ReplyDeleteThis article is a bullshit.It bears no Truth.
Rajeshwore might be one of those who used to be Sarki,Damai,Pode or chyame.....etc .Out of inferiority complex he had written this article.
This blog should be closed immediately.
Rubbish
ReplyDeletewiithout any research no one can say about the history of shrestha.its true that must of shrestha cant speak newar but u should know that shrestha r recognise as top caste in newar community.ur write just fuck and suck up.
ReplyDeleteNo,most of shresthas can speak newari.They are tibeto burman language speakers.
DeleteOnly some shresthas outside kathmandu valley and sourrounding valley feel difficult to speak newari .It also might be chance that they change their cast into shrestha due to globalization or who knows it.Actual shresthas are tibeto burman family n used to be lhasa newars.
DeleteOnly some shresthas outside kathmandu valley and it's surrounding territories feel difficult to speak newari as just like as Tamang can't spebk tamang ,Limbu can't speak limbu language etc.There are also doubts that they are not real shrestha as some of theier faces doesn't match with mogolian's whereas most of real shresthas are bloodly mongoloid.
DeleteYes bro you are right ,shresthas are monogolians.
DeleteYes bro you are right ,shresthas are monogolians.
DeleteFuck off,, if u aint got a knowledge about shrestha then why the fuck are you posting these kind of nasty ass article,,u dumbass Pig.Go through the history of NEWARS and the meaning of SHRESTHA and then post an article u twat.By the way u aint even shrestha,u dumb rajeshowor or Guweshore(shitShore) whatever name..
ReplyDeleteI just LOLed their for a while and told myself what fuck did i just read !! Rajeswor muji Shrestha hoienas ta kun chaahe bhaylay ko bacha chaahe ho jasto cha son of bitch
ReplyDeleteWTF?!
ReplyDeleteAll the things written in this blog by the author is utterly false and completely misleading. Pradhan means 'Dhan'/rice carriers? Are you that stupid? That is like saying Dangol surnamed people are from Dang, or that Pant surnamed Bahuns make pants and jeans.
Shrestha, meaning noble/high-borne, used to be the administrators and nobility of Nepal during the Malla era, many of whose ancestry goes back to the Mallas and beyond. Similarly Pradhans were in fact a step above Shresthas in that they were originally Rajputs brought to marry Malla princesses and princes. In a way, yes these surnames are newer additions to Newars, compared to other Newar castes who have been living in Kathmandu for a lot longer. But that doesn't mean Shresthas and Pradhans are any less Newars as they have integrated themselves for many centuries now, NOT during the Rana rule as the author says. And to say that they were laborers for Ranas is just plain dumb.
One thing to understand is that Shrestha is one of a caste within the Newars, just like Uray, Jyapu, Kuma, Brahman, etc being other castes. Within this Shrestha caste there are many surnames or "Binas" like Pradhan, Joshi, Maskey, Rajbhandari, and over 30 others. So how did the name Shrestha rise up over the past decade? Well, one thing is many Shresthas (and I'm talking about the caste) themselves did not write Shrestha before, instead using their Bina or occupational/family name. Many of which are still used like Malla, Pradhan, Amatya, and many of which are not used today like Thakoou, Singh, Achaju etc. I guess a comparison would be Nepali Brahmins using just "Sharma" instead of Upadhaya, Dahal, Adhikari, etc. So it is the same people, but they only changed their last name. Since writing Shrestha for Shrestha Newars is equivalent to writing Sharma for Hill Brahmins, this might be a reason why Shrestha name increased so much in the past decade.
But yes there is credibility to say that many people from other Newar and non-newar castes have indeed changed their surname to Shrestha (in Nepal) and Pradhan (in Sikkim, Darjeeling.) The obvious reason was because they wanted to climb up the social hierarchy as Shrestha is the highest social class, behind the Newar Brahmins. After the democracy in 1950 and even during the Ranas, Shresthas somehow became affluent and respected compared to other Newars (this might have to do with Ranas favoring Hindu Shresthas compared to Buddhist Tuladhars, Shakyas, Manandhars, etc.) They got government jobs and other benefits. So there was an inclination for many lower caste people to change their name for better opportunities.
Another thing is that when Nepal was unified, majority of the people who went out of the valley and thus establishing new Newar trade towns were the rich, affluent Newar castes like Shresthas. So as years passed, Shretha name too flourished.
iam 100%agree rajkumar dai
Deletekings and ranas also take advice from newars
thay used to employ newar in high rank advice
if you know about rajbhandari would you kindly write for me please.
thanks
@Raj Sth
DeleteI don't know much about Rajbhandari history except that they're too a surname of the Shrestha caste. They, along with a few other surnames like Malla, Joshi, Pradhan, Maskey, and others are the so called Chhathare Shresthas, or the Kshatriyas of Newari people. Their names suggests that they were the care-takers of bhandars of the court. They would have been something like Home and Finance Mininster in modern terms I guess.
Yes. RajKumar dai is the actual mouth piece of Shrestha's history. There is nothing told as this so called Rajeshwor Shrestha had described here.
DeleteYes. RajKumar dai is the actual mouth piece of Shrestha's history. There is nothing told as this so called Rajeshwor Shrestha had described here.
DeleteWell said.
Deletehistory is history no wonder u guy look a like 😁😁 no same on that 🤙🤙
DeleteYou are one dumb individual who has no idea about the real world's history. You're just happy with your pathetic imaginary world and it's past.
ReplyDeleteSnap out of it FUCKER, if not i'll have to cut your head off and send it to your mom in the shoe box from FOOTLOCKER!!
At first she'll look at your slayed head and cry for the MISHAP, but when she realizes what u wrote she will spit on your dead face and give u a big SLAP!!
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Deleteyou piece of shit middle finger for u and your family that they did huge mistake to gave you birth on earth dumbass u supposed be in dumpster on your birthday if u couldnt get right at least we dont have to c your bullshit articles today..All i wanna say is go fuck yourself without condom...get free diseases u got issues fuck face or fuck it where u came from..!!!
ReplyDeleteyes its true that many shrestha newars were gone outside valley,, for trade , outside valley mostly nepali languge were used , by passing of generation childern did teached nepalbhasa by parents, so these days many sherstha can't speak nepalbhasa,,,,
ReplyDeleteHindu newar has two gotra that is bharadwaj and khasyap. bharadwaj are deo bhaju gotra, were as khasyap gotra is true chhathare shrestha gotra ,, panch thare shrestha are inclined shrestha from multiple background such as from jyapu, manandhar, other middle newar caste... So in newar caste shrestha most succes ful , most forward and dynamic newar caste ,,, campare to other newar caste ..
Hindu Newars
Two core caste Deobhaju and Shyasya (shrestha)
Within deobhaju - karmacharya, rajopadhaya, bhatta
With in chhathare Shrestha-
Malla, Maskey, Joshi, Rajbhandari, Pradhan Mool, Hada, kasaju, kayastha, Munshi, Lakhe, Khokhalie, Kakchhapati...
There are many sub caste of shrestha mainly they are found at bhaktapur...
By different occupation shrestha caste classified such as Rajbhandari and Pradhan were general army or warrior, Joshi were astrologer means jyotis of king, Malla- king, Munshi And Mool were area administrator, Lakhe were festival manager means they organise jatras,,,
Bharadwaj and Kashyap are the 2 main gotras of Bhaktapure Hindu Newas only my friend. There are other gotras of Kathmandu and Patan Chhathari caste. I've seen Kathmandu Rajopadhya who have Bashisth, Atreya, Garg, Mallas and Pradhans of Patan have Kaushik, and others too.. Joshi, Rajbhandari, Piya (rathor, raaya) etcof Bhaktapur also have Bharadwaj and Kashyap.
ReplyDeleteAnd Deobhajus = Rajopadhyaya only. Bhatta are Tirute Bahun, Karmacharyas are Acharya who cannot marry deobhajus but can marry within shrestha caste. Some say Chathari = chetri (ksatriya) and panchthari = shrestha/shresthi (business caste) But majority of Newas who have gone outside of Kathmandu have called themselves shrestha and many low caste people use this surname so we don't know exactly who is who. There are also Pradhan of Sikkim and Darjeeling but Pradhan and Malla of Kathmandu do not marry with them; they think they are mixed with bhote and not real Chathare. same thing for shrestha because nobody can tell if real or not.
Mallas were kings, Rajbhandari were royal treasurers of Kathmandu and Bhaktapur, Pradhan were PaMahaJu pramukh maharathiju (chief of sena/military) and prime minister of Patan and Kathmandu (not Bhanktapur), amatya are only Mahaju (maharathiju) - military officer..pradhanang are chief military and prime minister of bhaktapur, etc..
hawaa article no citation at all
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ReplyDeletenewar started to put der srname shrestha as a result of domination of indo aryan cultre n language.fuck d dog rajes.u n ur famly came frm india
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ReplyDeleteOnly a dick head asshole bastard can post dis type of shit... fuck u admin
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ReplyDeleteI want to request all not to believe this fake blog info. written by mad person who doesn't have idea what he wrote.
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ReplyDeleteHello , someone can tell me bosel surname can be magar's?
ReplyDeleteYes..but its bhusal not bosel.it's sub thari of rana clan
Deletefuck.... little knowledge is dangerous... you jerk indian damai or chame rajeswor shrestha... first search ur origin then research about real newar shresthas.... you rajeswor damai or chyame shrestha
ReplyDeleteLOL for a while i suspected my husband's background as he too can't speak newari...thanks to other feedbacks.. Sigh of Relief here!! though i dont believe in caste creeds nor do i differentiate between higher castes and lower castes its just that there should be trust and openness between two life partners.
ReplyDeleteSorry rajeshwar bro, my family generation is recorded in government record that we are here in west Bengal, Indian state Since 1906. From when actual we were here we don't know we can't speak newar, but we together live with other Nepali community from long time we are far away from Darjeeling and Sikkim but we follow Nepali tradition dashain, tihar, bhaitika, and prepare Nepali dishes from generation to generation and don't know the actual newari tradition, that means iam also kami, damai, bengali , bihari etc.according to you.from so long period we were not in touch with newari people and culture, you dominate us in such a way.there should be no such nonsense post upload in the net in future, this type of post really creat chaos Among us.you really misguide the people like me.sorry bro.
ReplyDeleteI have heard after Prithibinarayan invaded kathmandu. he made the life of newars like hell. and to escape from rule of shah. they started fleeing to different villages of nepal. specially not in the route of business like narayanghat, chitlang,trisulI and all. they flee to remote village to save their lives. and they removed their real surname and changed to shrestha.
ReplyDeletethat is also can be one of the reason to increase the population of shresthas.if anybody knows about this then please explain more . I was donig research on this , and couldnot find anything about this in every pages in google.
I have heard after Prithibinarayan invaded kathmandu. he made the life of newars like hell. and to escape from rule of shah. they started fleeing to different villages of nepal. specially not in the route of business like narayanghat, chitlang,trisulI and all. they flee to remote village to save their lives. and they removed their real surname and changed to shrestha.
ReplyDeletethat is also can be one of the reason to increase the population of shresthas.if anybody knows about this then please explain more . I was donig research on this , and couldnot find anything about this in every pages in google.
No prithivinarayan shah did not made newar peoples life hell,actully he preserved the newar culture and became part of it too.He was always invited to bhoto jatra and other jatra as a king .this is why we have not lost our identity aftre the take over of shah dinesty.he never pressured newar to change there way of living.yes he was angry with people of kirtipur because he lost 2 battles with them and lost his powerful army and loved ones so he cut the nose of people living in kirtipur.
DeleteWhat a idiot?
ReplyDeleteYour last name is not Shrestha, low life.
What is the objective of this blog???
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Caste "Pradhan", originally pronounced as
ReplyDelete"Pa-Ra-Dhaan" Which means, rice carrier.
REALLY... MOTHER FUCKER....WTF?
Sala motherfucker....this article is bullshit... get some fucking history lesson asshole.... or come to me .... i will put my dick into ur mouth n make u eat my cum...then u will realize the truth about newars.... dickhead raje-asswhore....
ReplyDeleteevery thing here told is false, whats wrong with you, don't write anything which u don't know, this prove that u know nothing about shrestha ,go to hell
ReplyDeleteYe kis idiot ne newari Shrestha ki history lekhi hai. Shrestha is a royal cast in nepal. Hum newar ki ye kon history ka pstmatm kar raha hai.
ReplyDeleteRomve this post warna??????????????
ReplyDeleteYe kukur newar nahi ho stkta ye to koi kta hai
ReplyDelete"They originate from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in India." This statement proves that you don't know anything about shrestha.
ReplyDeletesthresthas has mongo face and people of india has aryan face so this is not true that shrestha came from indai as a labour.They were here before shah rule.They belongs to chettri of newar.Rajeshwor must be the one who changed his surename to shrestha from low level casts.We can identy who is real shrestha by looking there gotra.To prove you are a real shrestha it should be written in your gotra.
Do not trust this kind of shits. If you like to khow about shrestha please search in wikipedia.
DeleteWhat is the gotra of Aagri ... can someone help me to find out please... ?
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