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 Khalanga is a town and the district headquarters of the Darchula District in the Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It is part of the Mahakali Municipality in the Mahakali Zone. The town is located on the bank of Mahakali River and the border w ...

doti Doti (), also known as Dotigarh (डोटीगढ़) or the Far-Western Development Region was a development region of Nepal situated between River Kali bordering Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, India in the west and the Karnali river on t ...

and

Baitadi Khalanga or Baitadi Khalanga is a town and seat of Baitadi District in the Sudurpashchim Province of western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,352 and had 1011 houses in the town. Religion According to the 20 ...

districts, Kanchanpur,

Dhangadhi Dhangadhi () is a sub-metropolitan city and the district headquarters of Kailali District in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. It shares a border with India in the south, Godawari and Gauriganga Municipality in the North, Kailari Rural Munici ...

,also in

Gorkha The Gurkhas or Gorkhas (), with the endonym Gorkhali ( Nepali: गोर्खाली ), are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent, chiefly residing within Nepal and some parts of North India. The Gurkha units consist of Nepali and ...

district eastern part of Nepal .Also in eastern regions of

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n states like

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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 Lingaraja Temple () is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and is one of the oldest temples in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the Indian state of Odisha, India. The temple is the most prominent landmark of Bhubaneswar city and one of the major touri ...

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar () is the capital and the largest city of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Odisha. It is located in the Khordha district. The suburban region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Chakra ...

priests belonged to three communities, namely Pujapanda Nijog, Brahman Nijog and Badu Nijog out of which ''the Badu are non-Brahmin servant groups ection of the Kshatriya (क्षत्रिय)' 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: * Alfred Badu, French equestrian who competed at the 1920 Olympics * Awurama Badu (1945–2017), Ghanaian highlife musician * Bastian Badu (born 2000), French footballer * Benjamin Agyeman-Badu (born 1998), British-Ghanaian footballer * Dilendra Prasad Badu (born 1954), Nepalese politician *

Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (born 2 December 1990), known mononymously as Badu ( ), is a Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has earned 78 caps for the Ghana national team. Club career Early career Born in Berekum, Bono ...

(born 1990), Ghanaian footballer *

Erykah Badu Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu, is an American singer and songwriter. Influenced by rhythm and blues, R&B, Soul music, soul, and hip hop, Badu rose to prominence in the late 1990s when her debut al ...

(professional name of Erica Abi Wright, born 1971), American singer/songwriter, record producer, and actress * Kofi Badu, 20th-century Ghanaian newspaper editor, politician and government minister * Malcolm Badu (born 1997), German footballer *

Yaa Ntiamoah Badu Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu is a Ghanaian zoologist, environmental specialist, academic and management expert. In March 2017, she was appointed the Chair of the Board of Millennium Development Authority of Ghana. She served as a Pro Vice Chancellor of the ...

, Ghanaian zoologist, environmental specialist, academic and management expert

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* {{Cite web , last=Ilamurugan , date=2020-04-08 , title=Hindu Temples of India: Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar – Administration , url=https://hindutemples-india.blogspot.com/2020/04/lingaraja-temple-bhubaneswar-administration.html , access-date=2024-08-29 , website=Hindu Temples of India Surnames of Ghanaian origin

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