Guest guest Report post Posted February 29, 1996 Hello everyone, My name is Ramesh. I am 25 years old and am doing my final year in chemical engineering at the National University of Singapore. I am Iyengar and belong to Uruppatur Nallan Chakravarty gothram. Many a times I wanted to know about the significance of gothram in our Iyengar tradition. I have this question: Has gothram anything to do with ancestry? Unfortunately, our ancestors didn't keep either diaries or family trees which can help trace family lines. I happen to know that the great man Rajagopalachari or known to everyone as Rajaji belong t o the same gothram as me! Does anybody know more about the gothram? Maany thanks! K.G.Ramesh Eng20413 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raghavan56 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2010 Dear Sri Ramesh, I happen to go through your thread, my maternal grand father is Urupattur Nallan Chakravarthy Narasimhachary who hailed from a village near Kanchipuram called Tahndalam. Only this much I know, they belong to Srivatsa gothram, I belong to Kausika Gothram. Could you throw more light on Urupattur Nallan families? Please email if possible. Regards, K.S.Raghavan Hello everyone, My name is Ramesh. I am 25 years old and am doing my final year in chemical engineering at the National University of Singapore. I am Iyengar and belong to Uruppatur Nallan Chakravarty gothram. Many a times I wanted to know about the significance of gothram in our Iyengar tradition. I have this question: Has gothram anything to do with ancestry? Unfortunately, our ancestors didn't keep either diaries or family trees which can help trace family lines. I happen to know that the great man Rajagopalachari or known to everyone as Rajaji belong t o the same gothram as me! Does anybody know more about the gothram? Maany thanks! K.G.Ramesh Eng20413 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bvnbhargava 0 Report post Posted May 14, 2012 Gothram,pravara are the dairies of our forefathers.for e.g my gothram is Harithasa which means he was either the founder or greatest person of my family tree and other great saints/great souls (incl him) are said in pravara for eg my pravara says :haritha,ambarish & yavanashya.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravindran Kesavan 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2012 There are two systems of Gothra: One, the family tree - which traces the biological lineage. Two, the spiritual initiation lineage- which traces the unbroken guru disciple lineage of a spiritual tradition. Whichever the first guru's name who started the spiritual tradition become the gothra name for all the followers of that tradition in this system. K.Ravindran Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites