Goel (India)

This article is about the Indian community. For the Jewish legal institution, see Goel.

Goel is a gotra of Agrawal, a large and influential community in India.

Gotras

Goel is one among the 18 gotras which are present in among Agrawal community. Sometimes, the number of gotras is stated as 17 1/2 (see the legend section). The 18 Agrawal gotras are:

Gotra	Original Gotra	Lord	Saint (Guru)	Veda	Branch	Sutra
Airan/Aeron	Aurva	Indramal	Atri/Aaurva	Yajurveda	Madhyadini/Madhuri	Kaatyayni
Bansal	Vatsya	Virbhan	Vishist/Vatsa	Samaveda	Kouthmi/Kauttham	Gobhil
Bindal or Vindal	Vishist	Vrinddev	Yavasya or Vashista	Yajurveda	Madhuri	Kaatyayni
Dhoumya	Vasudev	Bhardwaj	Yajurveda	Madhyadini or Madhuri	Kaatyayni
Dharan or Deran	Dhanyas	Dhavandev	Bhekaar or Ghaumya	Yajurveda	Madhuri	Kaatyayni
Garg or Gargeya	Gargasya	Pushpadev	Gargacharya or Garg	Yajurveda	Madhuri	Kaatyayni
Goel, Goyal or Goenka	Gomil	Gendumal	Gautam or Gobhil	Yajurveda	Madhuri	Kaatyayni
Goyan, Goin, Goyanor or Gangal or Gol	Gautan	Godhar	Purohit or Gautam	Yajurveda	Madhyadini or Madhuri	Kaatyayni
Jindal	Gemino	Jaitrasangh	Bruhaspati or Jaimini	Yajurveda	Madhyadini or Madhuri	Kaatyayni
Kansal	Kaushik	Manipal	Kaushik	Yajurveda	Madhyadini or Madhuri	Kaatyayni
Kuchhal, Kachal or Kuchchal	Kashyap	Karanchand	Kush or Kashyap	Samaveda	Kosami or Kauttham	Komaal
Madhukul/Mudgal	Mudgal	Madhavsen	Aashvalayan/Mudgal	Rigveda/Yajurveda	Saalaya/Sakalya	Aslayin
Mangal	Maandav	Amritsen	Mudragal/Mandavya	Rigveda/Yajurveda	Sakalya	Asusai
Mittal	Maitreya	Mantrapati	Vishwamitra/Maitreya	Yajurveda	Madhyadini/Madhuri	Kaatyayni
Naagil/Nangal/Nagal	Naagend	Narsev	Kaudalya/Nagendra	Samaveda	Kouthmi/Kauttham	Aslayin
Singhal/Singla	Shandalya	Sindhupati	Shringi/Shandilya	Samaveda	Koyumi/Kauttham	Gobhil
Tayal	Taitireya	Tarachand	Saakal/Taitireya	Yajurveda/Kri	Madhyadini/Aausthambh	Kaatyayni
Tingal/Tunghal	Taandav	Tambolkarna	Shandilya/Tandya	Yajurveda	Madhyadini/Madhuri	Kaatyayni

People

• B. K. Goyal, cardiologist.
• Naresh Goyal, American born Indian businessman and founder Chairman of Jet Airways.
• Raghubir Goyal, White House correspondent.
• Jay Goyal, Majority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives.
• Megh R. Goyal, an engineer and professor in Puerto Rico.
• Ved Prakash Goyal, Indian politician and formerly the Union Minister for shipping, India.

Culture

The Goel community generally speak Hindi or its dialects. Many Goels have been notable Hindi authors like Bhartendu Harishchandra, Babu Gulabrai and Vasudev Sharan Agrawal. Some of the popular Hindi newspapers and publishing houses are run by Agrawals. These include The Times of India, Indian Express, Amar Ujala, Dainik Bhaskar, Ajj Ka Anand ;Daily Jabalpur Janpaksh etc. Older generations of Goels living in Haryana, Delhi and western UP usually speak Hindi with a Haryanvi accent. Goels from Rajasthan traditionally speak Rajasthani or Marwari, those in Punjab, speak Punjabi.

Goels have traditionally been strictly vegetarian and non-alcoholic, though some have changed in the modern times.

Notes

Many alternative spellings include Goel, Goyal, etc.

External links

• Goelji.com, a community site for Goels