Talk:Raju

Semi-protected edit request on 30 September 2019
Please change "The Raju are a Telugu caste found mostly in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh." to "Raju is a Telugu variation of the Sanskrit word Raj and Raja meaning King, Prince or Lord. They are mostly Vaishnavites. Rajus of course assume the sacred thread, and are very proud and particular in their conduct. Brahmanical rites of Punya Havachanam (Purification), Jata Karma (Birth ceremony), Nama Karanam (Naming ceremony), Chaulam (Tonsure), and Upanayanam (Thread ceremony) are performed"

Please change "Etymology and claims of Kshatriya status" to "History" "Historically South Indian royal families of Kshatriyas (Rajus) had marital relationship with Central and North Indian royal families, like Rajas of Vizianagaram, Salur and Kurupam had marital relationships with the Rajputana royal families."

"Legends The history of South India and the Puranas reveal that the Andhra Kshatriyas descended from the Aryavarta (northern India) to the south due to internal conflicts, foreign invasions, famine, etc. Vayu Purana, Buddhist and Jain literatures mention about migration of Ikshvaku Kshatriyas to southern India. Rajus traditional accounts claim descent from Ikshvaku, Vishnukundina, Chalukya, Paricchedi and Kota Vamsa. Some historians and traditional accounts link Rajus to ancient Andhra Ikshvakus, which was the first Kshatriya kingdom in Andhra which ruled during 2nd and 3rd Centuries CE and are purportedly linked to ancient Ikshvakus of Kosala. According to most historians and by the inscriptional evidences of Paricchedi and Chagi ruling clans, during 4th - 5th century AD few Kshatriyas of four clans travelled from northern India to the south, where they initially worked as feudatories of Vakatakas before establishing the Vishnukundina Kingdom, while some Kshatriyas of Andhra are said to be descendents of Eastern Chalukyas and few other Kshatriya dynasties. Basing on ancient inscriptions, traditional accounts and historical evidences, the Rajus of Andhra are descendents of the following ancient clans: 1. Vishnukundina: A folktale claims Madhav Varma of the Vishnukundina dynasty led the original members of their gotras to Andhra. 2. Chalukyas: Chandravanshi Rajus are said to be descendents of Eastern Chalukyas. 3. Parichedis: The forefathers of the Pusapatis. 4. Kota Vamsa: Dharanikota Kings of Dhanunjaya gotra. 5. Chagi: Forefathers of the Sagis and Vatsavais 6. Chedi (Haiheya-Kalachuri-Kona Chodas): Chodarajus 7. Gajapati and Eastern Ganga: Kurupam and Salur zamindars claim descent from them. 8. Matsya of Oddadi (Orissa), which is linked to ancient Matsya Kingdom: The zamindars of Madgole claim descent from them. Rajus are classified into two sects (as per ancient Kshatriya tradition based on Vansh): 1. Suryavanshi (Sun Dynasty) include Vishnukundina, Paricheda, Kota Vamsa, Chola-Chalukyas (Cholas claimed Suryavanshi and Chalukyas were Chandravanshi, the two families merged) Eastern Ganga and Gajapati. 2. Chandravanshi (Moon Dynasty) includes Eastern Chalukyas,, Kalachuris (Chedi-Haihaya), Saluva and Aravidu dyanasties of Vijayanagar.

Gotras They are further subdivided into Four Gotras. 1. Vasishta 2. Dhanunjaya 3. Kashyapa 4. Kaundinya

A poem called Sri Krishna-vijayam dated 1540 A.D. tells of a migration of these four clans to Telingana led by Madhav Varma. While Rajus of Coastal Andhra and Rajapalayam have above four gotras, the Rajus of Karnataka have three additional gotras: 1. Pasupati 2. Vishwamitra 3. Atreya Each Gotra is again sub-divided into hundreds of endogamous sects based on surnames that are named after villages of origin, a famous member of the clan, personality, etc. Sage Kaundinya (Kundin) was the son of Vasishtha and nephew of Agastya. Dhanunjaya is a branch of Vishwamitra. Pasupati is a branch of Kashyapa. A book entitled Sri Andhra Kshatriya Vamsha Ratnakaram elaborates on the traditional accounts and genealogy of the Kshatriya Raju community of Coastal Andhra and was written by Varahala Raju Buddharaju in Telugu. This book gives genealogy details of the 109 surnames of Andhra Kshatriya Rajus and their Four gotras."

Preetiraju (talk) 21:11, 30 September 2019 (UTC)


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 * Please read WP:RS. None of these sources satisfy our reliability criteria. In particular, blogs, community websites, wikipedia, are not acceptable sources. Thanks. --regentspark (comment) 22:57, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

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I have removed the following sentence: They also claim descent from the ancient royal dynasties of India such as the Eastern Chalukyas, Chalukya-Cholas, Vishnukundina, Gajapati, Chagi, Paricheda and Kota Vamsa. The cited page number makes no such statement. You can find the complete book here: https://archive.org/details/dli.jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZM1k0My/page/n283. The page number cited discusses the Kadamabas. &#32;By LovSLif (talk) 06:37, 10 October 2019 (UTC)