Bahuguna

Bahuguna is an Indian Garhwali Brahmin clan, found in Indian State of Uttarakhand. Common variations of the surname were formed during British-India to include "Bahugun", "Bhugun", "Bhuguna". The original village of the Bahuguna clan is Pokhri Chalansyun situated near Srinagar, the ancient capital of Garhwal. Many Bahugunas migrated from Bughani to different parts of Garhwal and even to Kumaon. Today, there are many more villages inhabited by Bahuguna clan.

History

The origin story says that about 800 years ago, three men from Bengali Bandyopadhyay clan travelled to the Himalayas. There they came across the king of Garhwal who had a disease that no one had been able to cure. These three men from Bengal were very talented. They had a sound knowledge of medicine and astrology. The head of the group, an astrologer and medical practitioner, managed to cure the king. The overjoyed king asked the group leader to stay back in his kingdom and gave him a village to settle. Also, for his amazing knowledge, the king gave him the title "Bahuguna" which actually means "Man of many virtues (qualities)". The group leader from then on worked with the king and his group settled in that village, which is now in the center of Garhwal region in Uttarakhand state.