the gotra forms an exogamous unit, with marriage within the same gotra being regarded as incest and prohibited by custom. The name of the gotra can be...

A gotra is equivalent to a lineage, akin to a family name, but the given name of a family is often different from its gotra, and may reflect the traditional...

A Hindu Gotra (Sanskrit ब्राह्मण गोत्र) is an exogamous unit used to denote the paternal lineage of individuals belonging to the Brahmin in the Hindu...

Brahmin gotra that comprises Kanyakubja Brahmins and Saryupareen Brahmins who are the descendants of sage Savarna Muni. The origins of Savarna gotra can be...

Shandilya (IAST: Śāṇḍilya) is a gotra which is named after the great sage Shandilya, specifying that individuals of the gotra have Shandilya as one of their...

where his daughter was married the gotra of daughter in laws were adopted as half gotra in Agrawals, thus 17.5 gotra. Historically, there has been no unanimity...

Yadavs are a grouping of traditionally non-elite, peasant-pastoral communities or castes in India that since the 19th and 20th centuries have claimed descent...

rishi (sage) after whom a "gotra" (clan) is named, and these descendants are considered eponyms by the members of the "gotra." It represents a secondary...

Karwal is a Scheduled Caste in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The 2011 Census of India for Uttar Pradesh showed the Karwal population as 7,183. Karwal...

Chamar (or Jatav) is a community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of affirmative action that originated from the group of trade...

Are Katika (also known as Are-Suryavanshi) are a community hailing from the South Indian states of Telangana, Andhra pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu including...

Lamba‌ is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abhimanyu Lamba (born 1995), Indian cricketer Ajai Lamba (born 1958), Indian judge Alka Lamba...

Mangal (or Manghal, Mangla) is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Mangal (singer), Afghan singer Mangal Bagh (born 1973)...

Muslim Gujjars or Musalmān Gujjars (Punjabi: مُسَلمَان گُجَّر) are an ethno-social subgroup of Gujjars predominantly found in the North-Western regions...

Nirban (also spelled, Nirvan, Nirwan) are a gotra of Agniwanshi Rajput caste. Nirvan (or Nirban) is also a gotra of Ahirs of Alwar Jhanpuri (Paprawat Delhi...

Garga (Sanskrit: गर्ग, romanized: Garga) was an ancient Indian sage who composed a Rigveda hymn. He is also known as Garga Bhāradvāja ("Garga, the descendant...

Vats, also known as Vatsa, is a gotra of Brahmins found in India. They are a member of the Bhrigu section of gotras. Historian Swati Datta (1989) analysed...

projects, for instance as an author of electronic music under the pseudonym Gotra (Готра) as well as a composer for film soundtracks and theatre music. Music...

Vol. 96. Research Society of Pakistan. p. 50. As well as being a Chuhra gotra , the Gill are an important zat of the Jat tribe based especially in the...

The Jat people, also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower...

Koushik/Kousik is a surname and gotra of Brahmins named after Brahmarishi Vishvamitra. Kaushik/Koushik is ancient Indian "Gotra" applied to an Indian clan...

16th-century. He was born into a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family of Vishwamitra gotra to Suryanarayan and Rukmini Bai at Paithan, present-day Maharashtra and...

Madhyadesa, as well as the rulers of Malabar. It also refers to one of the Gotra's of Shivalli Madhwa Brahmin (Shivalli Brahmin) community of coastal Karnataka...

Indian Jat gotra, mainly found in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, etc. Beniwal is one of the most populated gotra under Jat...

The Sanskrit gotra is a figurative term for family or lineage, while ratna means jewel or precious stone. In Yogacara Buddhism, gotra has the meaning...

The Raju are a Telugu caste found mostly in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The Raju caste, which A. Satyanarayana calls the "locally dominant landed...

Kodungallur (IPA: [koɖuŋːɐlːuːr]; formerly also called as Cranganore (anglicised name), Portuguese: Cranganor; Mahodayapuram, Shingly, Vanchi, Muchiri...

These are Hindu Brahmins who affiliate either with the Gautam gotra and/or Gautam Dharmasutra and have their last name as Gautam. The name Gautam (Sanskrit:...

sons started the 72 1/2 gotras (clans) into which the community is divided. Each clan worships its own kuldevi. These Gotras are subdivision of the community...

The Bachas is gotra of Chauhan Rajputs. Most of the people related to these gotras lives Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, punjab etc Many Bachas...