Shreepali

Shreepali Basnyat
श्रीपाली बस्न्यात
Senapati Shivaram Singh Basnyat, influential member of Shreepali Basnyat
JātiChhetri
GotraBhardwaj Gotra
Kuladevta (male)Masto and Shishakoti Mahadev, Veerabhadra
Kuladevi (female)Mahakali
ReligionsHindu
LanguagesNepali, Dotyali, Kumaoni
CountryNepal
Original stateKhasa Kingdom
Family namesBasnet, Basnyat
Heraldic titleBasnyat Kaji
LineageSuryavansha
Notable membersShivaram Singh Basnyat
Kehar Singh Basnyat
Abhiman Singh Basnyat
Kirtiman Singh Basnyat
Bakhtawar Singh Basnyat
Historical groupingKhasas
Disputed groupingShrimali/Bhinmali Rajputs

The Shreepali Basnet are a clan of the Chhetris originally from the Saipal, Far West Region who got their prominence in Gorkha district of Nepal.[1] They mainly worship 'Masto' as their 'Kulayan' but saipali from Gorkha has changed their worship to "Sishakoti Mahadev", "Veerabhadra", "Mahakali" as their Kul Deuta and Aradhe Devi "Dakshinkali" as Istha deuta in style of Kunwar Rana. They became very powerful during the unification of Nepal and remained so until the emergence of Jung Bahadur Kunwar or later known as Jang Bahadur Rana.

  1. ^ Hamal 1995, p. 182.