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Kajuluri is the surname of the Kshatriya Rajus community of the Kalinga Vijayanaram clan founded in the late 16th Century A.D who were descendents of the Kalinga Rulers. Kajuluri Vijayanagaram Kings were an ancient ruling clan who descended from Orissa over the centuries and ruled over small region of Andhra Pradesh in the ancient medieval period. The Royal Kajuluri family belongs to Jamadhagni gotra.

Inscripts imply the first King of the Kajuluri Rulers as Shri Kajuluri Veerendra Vaaradhi Raja originated from Orissa who is the elegant ruler of Orissa in the mid 16th Century. His first descendants Kajuluri Gajananda Deva Raju and Kajuluri Bhanu Pratap Raju extended the empire with wit and honor and laid the foundations of the great kingdom. Kajuluri Ram Raju son of Bhanu Pratap Raju entered TamilNadu in his regime. As the empire started growing along the centuries, the horizons rose and the community got related to different dynasties of the ancient medieval periods. While the Gajananda Deva Raju's successsors moved towards Jainism, Rama Raju's successors established the empire after marrying women from Paricchedi kings. Kajuluris have become the fuedal allies with Moghuls for a while until the Krishna Deva Raja originated in the Vijayanagaram Dynasty uplifting the Kshatriyan dynasty power with Moghuls.