Indian Communities

1. Indian Communities Andhra Brahmin Community is one of the South Indian Brahmin communities native to the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, who speak Telugu as their native language. The Andhra Brahmin Community, for their part, produced great musicians, such as Kshetrajna and Tyagaraja who was also a great saint poet as was Narayana Tirtha and more recently like Visvesvarayya and Radhakrishnan, who was a leading philosopher as well. Andhra Brahmin Community can trace their origin to the time of the Brahmin Satavahana dynasty. It was one of the earliest records in their history, which was a period of prosperity for the region as well as a time of Brahminical achievement. Niyogi Brahmins served as village record keepers (karanams), poets, and sometimes ministers. Deshastha Brahmins also served as village record keepers (karanams) and many also served as high-level administrators and bureaucrats such as Deshmukhs, Sheristadars, Tehsildars, Deshpandes and Majumdars under Qutb Shahis of Golkonda and Nizams of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Niyogi Brahmins and Deshastha Brahmins also ruled Andhra Pradesh as zamindars. In Guntur district, one of the four major zamindars i.e., Chilakaluripet zamindari and Sattenapalle zamindari were ruled by Deshastha Brahmins, whose title was "Deshmukh", The Polavaram zamindari of West Godavari district and Lakkavaram zamindari of Prakasam district were ruled by Niyogi Brahmins. Due to their secular occupations, marriage alliances between Deshastha Brahmins, Golkonda Vyapari Brahmins and Niyogi Brahmins was very common since centuries.Vaidiki Brahmins and Dravidulu are priests and teachers. More articles on Indian Communities click Barhai caste, Dhakar Caste, Chura Caste, Bhatia Community