Painuli
Brahmin community mainly from Uttarakhand, India
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Painuli (पैनुलि), correctly spelled as Panuly (पैन्यूली) or Painuly is a Brahmin community primarily from the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
They belong to the Bharadwaja Gotra and Vashishth Gotra are a member of Garhwali People.
Maa Rajarajeshwari or Maa Jagdamba in bhilang region of Uttarakhand is the Kul/Isth Devi and Guru Bhairav Nath/Guru Batuk Nath is the Kul/Isth Devata or the family deities of the Painulis.
Painuly group is also known as 'Lekhwar' clan because these people did all the reading/writing and accounting work for the King of Garhwal apart from being their priests.
Some majar villages of painuly' s are Paniyala, lekhwar gaon in Pratap nagar & Chandla, bhaatgaon in Ghansali.
Notable people
- Paripoornanand Painuli (19 November 1924 – 13 April 2019) was an Indian Member of Parliament (5th Lok Sabha), social activist, and journalist with The Times of India. He represented the Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency and was a member of the Congress political party.[1][2]