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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

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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

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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..

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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

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