I have published articles on Brahmin Kshatriya and Vaisya Gotras and a detailed list of Brahmin Gotras.
There have been a lot of queries on Gotras.
Broadly speaking they are of two types.
One informing me that I have left out a Gotra.
As Gotra information is difficult to come by and has to be validated I include the Gotras I missed out provided they stand verification.
There are a lot of Gotras which are not known because Brahmins have dispersed throughout India and have different mother tongues.
I shall be writing on these missed out/rare Gotras shortly after researching into various issues.
The other type of query is as to how one finds his Gotra.
The procedure is as follows.
Find out the Traya Rishis, the three Rishis mentioned in the Pravara.
That is the names of the three/five Rishis in the Abhivadana Mantra,
For example Abhivadaye
Kasyapa Apastara Naithruva
Thraya Rishe
Here the three Rishis are Kasyapa Apastara and Naithruva.
Your Gotra is the one that of the first Rishi
Here it is Kasyapa.
This method is for peoplevwho know Abhivadana but can not name their Gotras(some can not find Gotra even if they know Abhivadana)
For others check from the elders of the family the Sankalpa they perform during pooja orapara kriyas.
From this you can find the three or five Rishis.
If you can not find here or do not know Sankalpa findout the Veda shaka you follow.
If you can not find this find out the names of your paternal grandfather ,great grandfather and let me know the details along with the names of your father,Family Deity and your mother tongue.
I shall try to find out the Gotra.
Name-Manasa Bayyavarapu
Father name-Prabhakar Bayyavarpu
Mother Name-Bharathi Bayyavarapu
Grand father-Neelambram Bayyavarapu
Great Grand Father- Ammayya Bayyavarapu
Grand mothers name- Laxmi Bayyavarapu
Grand mothers father- Janaiah
Forefathers occupational – Idont no.
Language – Telugu
Place -Krishna district ,Andhrapradesh
Deity worship-village goddess (name i don’t no exactly)
At Home we worship Lord Venkateshwara From My Mother side.
Cast – Hindu. S.C (B)
i want to know the gotra name.
Please send reply through email
Thank you
Manasa.B
Vishnu gotrs.
Thank you
Family deity?
Name: Krishna
Father name: Thimmaraju
Grand father name: Thimmarayappa
Deity worship,: Lord venkateshwara
Vishnu Gotra
Wow This is amazing blog. Below are my details
My Name : Sandeep Singh
Fathers Name: Raghavender Singh
Grandfathers Name : Satyanarayan Singh
Great Grandfather : Bahadur Jaswanth Singh
Please let me know the gotra name. We have been told by my father that its Aswath Gotra but he too is not sure about it.
Which Deity do you worship in your family?
I am trying to find out my Gotra
My father’s name is: Naresh Bhandari
My name is: Neel Bhandari
Caste: Hindu Khatri
Please send reply through email
Thank you
Family Deity
Do you mean who does the family worship?
Which deity you worship at home ?
Radha and Krishna
My deity: Radha and Krishna
There is usually one deity. Is this the Deity worshiped by your ancestors, farher, paternal grandfather.if married , Deity of husband and his father is needed.
Yes it is! They all worshipped Radha and Krishna.
Yours is vishnu Gotra.
I thought so! Thank you very much.
I have been told by my family that our gotra is Kaushal do you have information about this gotra?
You said that my gotra is Visnu gotra did you base this answer only on who we worship?
Thank you
There seems to be no gotra mentioned by you. One of the factors for determing gotra is Family deity others being names from paternal side. Please check my article how to find gotra. Regards
Do you mean Kaushal is not a gotra when you said, “there seems to be no gotra mentioned by you”?
Yes.
Hello Sir,
Kindly help me find my Gothra based on the below details.
Name :: Bhushan Dnyane
Fathers name :: Purushottam Dnyane
Grand Fathers name :: Rajabapu Dnyane
Caste :: Hindu- Lingayat
Mother Tongue ::Marathi
Rashi :: Dhanu
DOB :: 28/10/1976, Nasik, Maharashtra
Family Diety- Lord Shiva
Thanks & Regards,
Bhushan Dnyane
Shiva gotra