Bhattarai

Bhattarai is a surname used by certain subgroup belonging to the Brahmin caste of Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, West Bengal and certain parts of Bhutan. They are believed to the direct descendant of Rishi Vasisht, one of the Saptarishis (Seven Great Sages Rishi) in the seventh (i.e the present) Manvantara (the age of a Manu).