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Arvela niyogi brahmin and niyogi groups

Niyogi brahmins are the brahmins served in the kingdom of kalinga, satavaha ￼dynasties.These group of people are found in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, ganjam and gajapati districts of Orissa and these brahmins not followed the priesthood but, they were ministers in king courts, some were poets and many served as village accountant, patwaris, thanedars.

Emotolgy

Niyogi brahmins further divided into

1.prathamasaka niyogi

2.arvela niyogi

3.nandavarika niyogi

4.sistu Karna niyogi

1.prathamasaka niyogi follow yagnavalkya and Kanva sutras and ￼these group is the first branch of niyogi brahmins so,named as prathamasaka niyogi

2.arvela niyogi this is the largest group of niyogi brahmin and there is a belief that 6000 people were migrated to the southern part of kalingan kingdom present day i.e,till godavari and Krishna basin but,later on many families moved to other parts of the states and settled so,this was named as aruvela niyogi due to migration of 6000 people in Telugu 6000 means aruvela these people served as zamindars (landlords) and village accountants.

3.nandavarika niyogi -famous person from this group is tallapaka annamacharya a devoote of Lord venkateshwara

4.sistu Karna niyogi their group are found in ganja and gajapati districts of Orissa and vizag,srikakulam,vizaynagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh.