Tiwari
Tripathi /tɪwɑːriː/ (Devanagari: त्रिपाठी) is a surname of the Hindu Brahmins communities commonly found in India and Nepal. Mostly used in Northern India, Tripathi is a common last name between Brahmins in the Indian states, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. In Kerala it is "Sarma" (or Sarmah in Assam). Tripathi is an upper title in the Brahmin community.
Its other forms are Trivedi, Tiwari and Tripathi. It means "versed in three vedas". Tripathi stands among top brahmin casts, which generally comes under shandilya gotra.[1]
The density of Tripathi is higher among Kanyakubja Brahmins, Saryupareen Brahmins, and Utkala Brahmins. Another description of Tiwari or Tripathi or Trivedi (Ti or Tri means "three" and wari or path or vedi means person who is having the virtues of God's three forms, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, which represent life's three stages, birth, life and death. Thus Tiwari, Tripathi or Trivedi means "knowledgeable priest", who is versed in the life's three stages).
Notable people
Freedom fighters
- Chandra Shekhar Azad
- Adrian Cola Rienzi (born Krishna Deonarine Tiwari)- freedom fighter in Trinidad and Tobago
Spiritual leaders
- Maya Tiwari, known as Mother Maya and Sri Swami Mayatitananda, Guyanese is a spiritual leader, international speaker and author
- Sahadeo Tiwari, religious scholar
Information Technology and Business
- Naveen Tewari - Founder & CEO at InMobi
Civil service
- Sanjeev Tripathi- former chief of RAW (30 Dec 2010 – 29 Dec 2012)
- Sivakant Tiwari -former legal head officer of the Singapore Legal Service & head of the Ministry of Defence's legal department (1974), and head of the Attorney-General's Chambers' Civil Division (1987)
Politicians
- Brij Bhushan Tiwari, Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party
- D. P. Tripathi, General Secretary of the Nationalist Congress Party of India
- Ghanshyam Tiwari, Indian politician who is an education minister in the Government of Rajasthan
- Kamalapati Tripathi, writer, journalist, editor and freedom fighter who was also an Indian National Congress leader from Varanasi
- Keshari Nath Tripathi, former speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and president of Uttar Pradesh state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party; Governor of West Bengal
- Hari Shankar Tiwari, politician
- Manish Tewari, politician, Earlier served as Minister of State (Independent Charge) in UPA Government
- Narayan Dutt Tiwari, an Indian politician
- Ramapati Ram Tripathi, former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh state unit in India ; member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
- Ram Chandra Tiwari, Nepalese politician
- Ravindranath Tewari, Indian politician and former Cabinet minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Shivanand Tiwari, a Janata Dal (United) politician
- Sriniwas Tiwari, Indian politician who was a former Madhya Pradesh Speaker and Minister
- Vani Tripathi, national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Entertainment
- Ankit Tiwari - A playback singer and music director
- Bhushan Tiwari, Hindi actor known for playing the villain's henchman
- Dharmesh Tiwari, an Indian film director
- Divyanka Tripathi, Miss Bhopal 2005, model, actress
- Girish Tiwari (Girda), scriptwriter, director, lyricist, singer, poet, organic culturist, literary writer, and social activist in Uttarakhand, India
- Kartik Tiwari, actor
- Lalit Mohan Tiwari, Indian film and television actor
- Lavanya Tripathi, model and actress working in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films.
- Laxmi Ganesh Tewari, Indian vocalist
- Manish Tiwary, an Indian film-maker
- Manoj Tiwari, Bhojpuri actor, singer and director.
- Mukesh Tiwari, actor in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films
- Pitobash Tripathy, Hindi and Odiya film actor
- Rakesh Kumar Tripathi, Hindi lyricist, screenwriter and director
- Shweta Tripathi, Indian actress
- Shweta Tiwari, Indian film and television actress and producer
- Vani Tripathi, Indian actor.
- Manish Tiwari, Celebrity yoga Trainer
- Pankaj Tripathi , Indian actor
Literature
- Kavi Bhushan, an Indian poet from Kanpur
- Amish Tripathi, novelist
- Kapil Muni Tiwary, linguist and scholar
- Nilkanth Tiwari, an Indian poet
- Siyaram Tiwari, writer and scholar
- Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer. He also drew many sketches.
Sports
- Kaushal Tiwari, a Nepalese national who is captain of the Belarus national cricket team
- Manoj Tiwary, Indian cricketer
- Saurabh Tiwary, Indian cricketer
References
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