Rimal (surname) explained

Group:	Rimal
Native Name:	रिमाल
Native Name Lang:	ne
Regions:	Nepal India
Languages:	Nepali
Rels:	Hinduism

Rimal (Nepali: रिमाल) is a Nepali surname of Khas origin. Rimal people belong to the Bahun (Brahmin) caste and are a part of the Kaushik (Nepali: कौशिक) patriclan (gotra) of Nepali Khas-Brahmin community which forms a notable population in Nepal and India. They are sacred thread bearers (Tagadhari), twice-born Hindus and trace their origins to Indo-Aryan people.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notable People

• Rachana Rimal, Nepali singer.
• Gopal Prasad Rimal, Nepali poet.
• Hari Prasad Rimal, Nepali actor.
• Arbind Rimal, Nepali writer and intellectual.
• Hari Kumar Rimal, Nepalese long-distance runner.
• Shankar Nath Rimal, Nepalese civil engineer and architect.
• Pradeep Rimal, Nepalese film director, lyricist, screenwriter and cultural anthropologist.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hindu Cultural Center.
2. Book: K. M. . Dixit . S. . Ramachandran . State of Nepal . 2002 . Himal Books .
3. Book: Hofer. Andras. The Caste Hierarchy and the State of Nepal: A Study of the Muluki Ain of 1854. 1979. Universitatsverlag Wagner.