Upadhyay

Upadhyay, also spelled Upadhyaya (sanskrit: उपाध्याय), is a surname used by some Brahmin people in Nepal and India.

Upādhyāya is the surname of some members of the Madhwa Shivalli Brahmins and Havyaka Brahmins of Karnataka, Kota Brahmins of the Kundapur and surrounding areas of Udupi and the Audichya Brahmins of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. The Gujarat Brahmins of Shandilya are in Surat. Amongst Telugu Brahmins, Upadhyay is turned into Upadhyayula, with an "ula" at the end.

Notable people

• Amar Upadhyay, Indian model, film and television actor
• Amod Prasad Upadhyay (born 1936), Nepalese social worker and politician
• Ayodhya Prasad Upadhyay (1865–1947), writer of Hindi literature
• Brahmabandhab Upadhyay (1861–1907), Bengali Brahmin, nephew of the Indian freedom-fighter Kalicharan Banerjee
• Chandramauli Upadhyay, Indian astrologer
• Chintan Upadhyay (born 1972), Indian contemporary artist, arrested in connection with the double murder
• Harilal Upadhyay (1916–1994), Gujarati author
• Hema Upadhyay (1972–2015), Indian artist who lived and worked in Mumbai, India since 1998
• Kedar Nath Upadhyay, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal
• Krishnakant Upadhyay (born 1986), cricketer from Uttar Pradesh
• Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay, Indian politician and statesman, leader in the Indian independence movement
• Ram Kinkar Upadhyay, noted scholar on Indian scriptures and a recepeient of Padma Bhushan, the third highest civil award of India
• Samrat Upadhyay, Nepalese writer who writes in English
• Satish Upadhyay (born 1962), the President of the Delhi Unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
• Seema Upadhyay (born 1965), Indian politician, belonging to Bahujan Samaj Party
• Shrikrishna Upadhyay (born 1945), Nepalese economist
• Umesh Upadhyay, veteran Indian television journalist & media executive, President News at Network18
• Vikas Upadhyay, General Secretary for All India Youth Congress
• Deendayal Upadhyaya, President of Bharatiya Jan Sangh
• Brahmabandhav Upadhyay, Indian Freedom fighter
• Darshan Upadhyaya, professional esports player

In Jainism

In Jainism, an upadhyay is the second highest leader of a Jain ascetic order after an acharya. The Fourth Shloka of the Namokar Mantra says Namo Uvvajhayanam meaning bow to all upadhyayas. The current upadhyay in Jainism is Upadhyay Niyamsagar.

See also

• Guru-shishya tradition
• Kumauni people
• All pages beginning with "Upadhyay"
• All pages with titles containing Upadhyay