About Rai

The Khambu or Rai are indigenous ethnolinguistic groups of Nepal, the Indian State of Sikkim and Darjeeling Hills. They were Rai meaning king (Rai means King in old Khas kura (Nepali). The Rai belong to the Kirati group or the Kirat confederaticludes Limbu, Sunuwar, Yakkha and Dhimal ethnic groups.