List of Nayakars

Nayakudu, Nayudu, Naidu or Nayak is a title commonly used in the southern part of India by Kannada, and Telugu speaking people, sometimes as a surname and in other cases as a caste affiliation. Nayakudu is a title used by various Telugu speaking communities. They ruled Andra Pradesh, Karnataka Tamilnadu, Tegulana.This title was historically bestowed upon vassals and army commanders of the Vijayanagara empire, and is a Dravidianized derivative of the Sanskrit term Nāyaka. The title is closely related to Naidu, Nayudu, Nayaka and Nayak. Nayak words contains prestigious meaningful terms Justice, Honesty, Fairness, Rightness, Hero, Country, Honour, Courage, Brave. Most of Cities, towns and villages names are ends at Nayak, Nayakanur in South India - Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Andra Pradesh and Tegulana. Southern India splitand ruled under different Kings and Queens under Nayaks. Most of Temples, Forts Palaces, Pounds and Water management systems are constructed and also known as Golden Period of Southern India.

Notable people with the title include:
 * E. V. Ramasami Naidu
 * M. A. Manickavelu Naidu
 * Sri Vikrama Rajasinha Kannuswamy Naidu of Kandy
 * Raghunatha Nayak
 * Tirumala savuri nayunu Athai Naidu
 * Meenakshi Naidu
 * Virupachi Gobala Nayakudu
 * Rani Magama Nayakudu
 * And etc...