Bapat
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Bapat is a family name in the Chitpavan
Kokanastha Community, that originated from Maharastra, India
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Bapat's belong to Vasishtha Gotra
from 14 gotras of Chitpavan
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All the names of the Gotra
s are of famous sages and each of them is supposed to have been the originator or the father of the clan.
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Chitpavan
The Chitpavan or Chitpawan, also known as Konkanastha Brahmins , are a Smarta Brahmin community of Konkan, the coastal region of western Maharashtra in India....
Kokanastha Community, that originated from Maharastra, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Bapat's belong to Vasishtha Gotra
Gotra
In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...
from 14 gotras of Chitpavan
Chitpavan
The Chitpavan or Chitpawan, also known as Konkanastha Brahmins , are a Smarta Brahmin community of Konkan, the coastal region of western Maharashtra in India....
s.
All the names of the Gotra
Gotra
In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...
s are of famous sages and each of them is supposed to have been the originator or the father of the clan.
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Famous Bapats
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- Vasant BapatVasant BapatVasant Vaman Bapat was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.He was born on July 25, 1922 in Karad in Satara district of Maharashtra.-Education and teaching career:...
Politics/Social Reform
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- Senapati BapatSenapati BapatPandurang Mahadev Bapat , popularly known as Senapati Bapat, was a major figure in the Indian independence movement....
Cinema/Theatre & Art/Culture
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- Rakesh BapatRakesh BapatRakesh Bapat, now known as Raqesh Vashisth, is an Indian film and TV serial actor.-Career:A Grasim Mr. India first runner-up title holder, Raqesh made his screen debut together with Himanshu Malik in Anubhav Sinha's Tum Bin...
- Priya BapatPriya BapatPriya Bapat is an Indian Maharashtrian actress, well known for her role in the popular Marathi film Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy as Shashikala Bhosale...