Giri
गिरी · Dashnami/Sanyasi
Khas-AryaDashnami/Sanyasi
- Gotra
- कपिल / दत्तात्रेयKapil / Dattatreya
- Kuldevata
- Lord Shiva / Gorakhnath / Dattatreya
- Origin
- Historic Nepali ancestral settlements
- Region
- Gandaki, Bagmati, Koshi
- Census 2021
- Sanyasi/Dasnami - 198,849 people (0.68%)
Descendants of the 10 monastic orders of Adi Shankaracharya who transitioned into householder sages (Giri, Puri, Bharati, etc.).