Ganguly (also called Ganguli, Gangulee, Gangoly or Gangopadhyay) is an Indian family name of a Bengali Brahmin caste; it is a variant of Gangopadhyay(a) Gônggopaddhae). Gangopadhyay (compound of village name "By the Ganges" and "upādhyāya" denoting "priest, teacher") is the Sanskritized form of the original name anglicized to Ganguly. The historical book 'Jāti-Bhāṣkar' mentions that those who were given grants along the Ganges by Ballāl Sena were called Gangopādhyāya (literally 'the Vedic teachers in the regions around the Ganges').
The ancestors of Gangulys are from a hermit or saint called Savarna Muni, belonging to the family of Bhrigu and thus all Gangulys have the same Savarna Gotra, and Bhaargava-Vaitahavya-Savedasa tri pravara which means they are from the same ancestral root.
Film and acting
Ganguly family
Ashok Kumar Ganguly (1911–2001), Indian actor
Churni Ganguly, Indian actress of Bengali movies and TV serials
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly (1893-1978), Bengali tim actor, director and entrepreneur
Dimpy Ganguly, Indian model and actress
Jeet Ganguly, Bengali musical director and composer (film)
Kaushik Ganguly, Indian director, screenwriter and actor (Bengali cinema)
Kishore Kumar Ganguly (1929-1987), Indian singer and actor
Mouli Ganguly, Indian television actor
Pijush Ganguly, Indian television actor (Bengali)
Preeti Ganguly, Indian actress
Richa Gangopadhyay (born 1986), Indian actress
Roopa Ganguly (born 1966), Indian actress
Rupali Ganguly (born 1978), Indian actress
Samir Ganguly, Indian film director
Subhashree Ganguly (born 1989), Indian actress
Usha Ganguly (born 1945) theatre director
Sunil Ganguly (died 1999), Indian guitarist
Writers and translators
Kisari Mohan Ganguli, Indian translator (Mahabharata into English)
Narayan Gangopadhyay (1918–1970), Bengali writer
Sunil Gangopadhyay (born 1934), Bengali writer
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