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BANJARA GOTHRAS
The Banjara people profess to be Hindus. They also worship gods like Balaji, Jagadamba Devi, Mahadev, Khandoba and Hanuman. They also hold Guru Nanak in great respect.[12]

Sevalal or Sevabhaya is the most important saint of the Banjaras. According to Banjara accounts he was born on 15 February 1739 in Sirsi, Karnataka, to Bhima Naik and Dharmini Bai, and died on 4 December 1806. A cattle merchant by profession he is said to have been a man of exemplary truthfulness, a great musician, a courageous warrior, a rationalist who fought against superstition and a devotee of Goddess Jagadamba.[13] The colonial British administrators also quote his stories but they place him in the 19th century and identify his original name as Siva Rathod.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE GOTHRAS OF BANJARA BELONGS TO THE STATES OF TELANGANA AND ANDHRAPRADESH

GOTHRAS
THERE WERE FIVE OR SIX BLOOD LINES AS PER HISTORY BUT ALL WERE ORIGINATED FROM SINGLE BLOOD LINE OF BANJARA PURVIK FROM RAJASTHAN/MAHARASHTRA/GUJARAT

in olden days people used to stay together as their needs. as they were together, it does not mean that they were brothers. but later many came to know thi