User:Venugopal machiraju

MACHIRAJU families belong to Aruvela Niyogi Brahmin sect of Andhra Pradesh. To the best of our knowledge, Machiraju families are found indifferent towns viz. Guntur, Nandigama, Amalapuram, Peruru, Thatikona, Pithapuram.etc..

MaCHIRAJU FAMILIES belongs to four Gotrams- Bharadwajasa, Sandilyasa, Kashyapasa and Harithasa.

Machiraju families of Krishna district belong to Kashyapasa gothram, Machirajus of guntur district belong to Sandilyasa gothram. .Machirajus of Thatikona, Peruru, Mummidivaram,Vanapalli and Amalapuram villages of Konaseema and Ommangi ( Village near Pithapuram) belong to Bharadwajasa gothram

We belong to Amalapuram and our Gothram is Bharadwajasa. The Karineekam ( Village Accountant?) of Amalapuram, Thatokona, Mummidivaram and Vommagi villages was with Machirajus till the NTR government abolished the traditional hereditary Karanams.