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...

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...

these queens and the formation of the gotras. Neither does he explain how sacrifices led to the formation of the gotras. Historically, there has been no unanimity...

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...

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...

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

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...

Lamba‌ is a ‌surname originating‌ among‌ ‌the Hindu‌ and Sikh‌ communities of Khatris, Jats and Ahirs from the states of Haryana‌, Punjab‌ and Delhi‌.[full...

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

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

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...

Khola is a clan (gotra) of Yaduvanshi Rajput caste that inhabits the Indian state of Haryana and Rajasthan. Rajput clans Census of India, 1891. 1892....

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)...

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...

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...

Vasishtha (Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ, lit. 'most excellent', IAST: Vasiṣṭha) is one of the oldest and revered Vedic rishis or sages, and one of the Saptarishis...

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...

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...

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

Kak is a Kashmiri Pandit surname originating in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Amar Nath Kak- Indian lawyer Bina Kak- Indian politician...

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...

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...

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

1997.[4] She married in the same gotra which resulted in Rajput community unhappy and furious. Marriage within same gotra (clan) is prohibited by certain...

Khoshya (Hindi: खोश्या) is a gotra of Ahirs of Rajasthan and Haryana. According to historian Richard Gabriel Fox, Khoshya was dominant clan in Ahirwal...

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

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...