Badu (surname)


Badu is a surname or title found in various regions of Asia and Africa.

History

The surname बडू is found in the Brahmin community in the far western region of Nepal mainly in the Darchula, doti and Baitadi districts,Kanchanpur,Dhangadhi,also in Gorkha district eastern part of Nepal.Also in eastern regions of Indian states like West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh & Jharkhand which are unrelated to one found in Nepal. An unrelated surname is found in Ghana. It may also be a first name.
In modern times, in the Lingaraja Temple of Bhubaneswar, Odisha priests belonged to three communities, namely Pujapanda Nijog, Brahman Nijog and Badu Nijog out of which the Badu are non-Brahmin servant groups while they are described as Vadu in chapter 62 of the Ekamrapurana. The caste group of Badu is called Niyoga, which elects the officers every year during the Sandalwood festival. Every Badu undergoes three distinct rites, namely, ear-piercing, marriage, and god-touching. Historically, the Badu's performed five different temple duties - Paliabadu and Pharaka, which were considered important and Pochha, Pahada and Khataseja, which were considered inferior. From 1962, only Paliabadu and Pharaka practises are followed and the others are discontinued. The Badus also carry out ablution and dressing of the images of Siddhaganesh and Gopalini.

Notables

Notable people with the surname include: