Kulananda Dhakal

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Kulananda Dhakal was the most famous priest and astrologer of Prithvi Narayan Shah who united Nepal. Allegedly following his advice, the King could win the battles after he lost so many times. According to the legend, Kulananda Dhakal performed a religious ritual of shakti anusthan, charged the weapons to be used in the warfare with mantras, and calculated the exact time at which to start the battle.

He is considered a common ancestor by all the Dhakals [ citation needed ]. Ek Nath Dhakal, former Minister for Co-operatives and Poverty Alleviation and Minister for Peace and Reconstruction, Government of Nepal who born in Borlang, Gorkha is a great-grandson of Kulananda Dhakal. [1]

The advisors of Prithvinarayan like Harivamsa Upadhyaya and the astrologer Kulananda Dhakal counseled before war. [2]

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  2. Singh, N.K. (1997). Nepal: Refugee to Ruler : a Militant Race of Nepal. APH Publishing Corporation. p. 116. ISBN   9788170248477 . Retrieved 2015-07-24.