Buchinaidu khandriga
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Buchi Naidu Kandriga is a small village in Puttur Mandal
of Chittoor district
in the state of Andhra Pradesh
in India
.
s (472 feet).
Puttur is situated on the way from Tirupati to Chennai. It is situated at distance of 35 km from Tirupathi and 110 km from Chennai and 10 kilometres from Andhra Pradesh's border with Tamil Nadu.
and Karveti Nagaram
in Guntur /Prakasam districts. People of Elnadu and Palnadu, over period might have come to be called Ellanti and Pallinti. Both Elnadu and Palnadu may represent the same general region of Guntur district and around. There are Ellantis, Pallintis in many villages around Puttur. Articles on villages such as Tirumala Kuppam, Surendra Nagaram, Paadiredu and others will be coming soon as they are important parts of BuchiNaidu Kandriga. These villages may shed light on generaly history of Kandrigas of Puttur or Venkatagiri samsthanams.
The Epic battle of Palnadu
took place in 1200 AD. It was called by historians as Kurukshetra of Andhrapradesh since the battle was between two cousins in the family much like the family battle in Mahabarata. Following the battle, defeated Bramham Naidu's warriors (a Velama community) as well as others are likely to have moved to Venkatagiri
for two reasons:
Thus the migrating community settled around Venkatagiri as well as in the areas controlled by Venkatagiri. This may include KarvetiNagarama, Chandragiri, Puttur and parts of current day Tamil nadu.
As Venkatagiri Rajas are Velugoti/Velanki/Velama Naidus, it is easy to conjecture that many Palnadu Velama naidus involved in Palnati yuddam as well as other communities migrated and settled in Venkatigiri surroundings.
zamindars signed merger treaty with British in 1802. It is likely that, before or after the merger, various adminstrative chieftains of Venkatagiri Raja were awareded land generously by the Naidu king. Thus Buchi Naidu, may have left Venkatagiri to live near his alloted land. Since there is another Buchi Naidu Kandriga (near Kalahasti), it is possible that it was founded by another Buchi Naidu or that single Buchi Naidu founded both but he choose to live in the one near Puttur. See note #3 below about another folk tale similar to this about Venkatagiri Raja giving land to his administration officials.
Venkatagiri is famous for handlooms and padma chaali tribe that specializes in making cloths using maggalu (hand looms). The fact that BuchiNaidu Kandriga had several Padma Chaali families may confirm the hypothesis that Buchi Naidu moved from Venkatagiri to current day Buchi Naidu Kandriga near Puttur along with many non-naidu community members (such as chaalis, balijas) from Venkatagiri.
One another interesting link between Venkatagir and BuchiNaidu Kandriga : Poleramma jatara was a big part of Venkatagiri samstanam. Poleramma is also celebrated in BuchiNaidu kandriga at least until late 90s. This indicates Buchi continued some of the traditions that were present at Venkatagiri.
Buchi of Buchi Naidu Kandriga and others like him in many villages around Puttur might have demonstrated strong leadership, farming skills and labor management persona allowing Rajas to give them land to settle. Given their skills, they helped grow rice, ground nuts, vegetables and others required to feed millions of people around as well as far off places such as Madras.
The village had families representing the following social roles (Manu's micro 'varnas'):
All these groups are widespread in other villages around Puttur.
Missing details for:
Chengaswamy Naidu (4th son of Buchi Naidu, the founder of the village) led celibaet life and was reverently called 'swamy' , 'swamy tata'. He led construction of the temple by getting skilled people from Tanjor, a city well known for Tyagaraja - the sage that spent life signigng rama kirtanas. Tyagaraja and Annamacharya contributed much more to achcha telugu literature compared to writers of Godavari/Krishna delta regions who were merely transcripting classics from hindi script to Telugu but the literature remained sanskrit in nature. Tyangaraja and Annamacharya are one of the many that gave to Telugy people literature written in prakriti and so easy to understand.
The images of Rama, Sita and others in the temple were specially painted with ornamenent decoration and is a special art popular only in Tamilnaidu at that time and may not exist today. See one sample of the art taken from a restaurant in Chennai. Panitings are overall unique. Special cedit must go to Chengaswamy Naidu to contemplate temple , travel distances to get skilled workers, material and coordinate to build it. The only person of the village to have samadhi is Chengaswamy Naidu and this shall speak for how he was respected for his celibate and self less life. The samadhi is on the west side of the village near guntakaada baavi.
Subdivisions of India
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of Chittoor district
Chittoor district
Chittoor District , also known as Chittur, is a district of India's Andhra Pradesh state. The district headquarters is Chittoor City. The district has a population of 4,170,468 according to 2011 census of India. Chittoor district is famous for the Tirupati, Kanipakam and Sri Kalahasti temples...
in the state of Andhra Pradesh
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in India
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Etymology
The word Buchi is from name of the founder of the village. Naming villages based on founder's name is common in those times. The word 'Kandriga' as a suffix is unique to villages around Puttur, Nagiri, NaiduPeta, Kalahastri areas. It is not clear why 'Kandriga' suffix was in vogue in these parts compared to suffixes such as 'Puram, 'Kuppam', 'Palli', , 'Palem' ,'Ooru', 'Mangalam' that were more common in coastal Andhra as well as in other parts of Chittor, Nellore districts.Geography
BuchiNaidu Kandriga is near Puttur which is located at 13.45°N 79.55°E. Puttur has an average elevation of 144 metreMetre
The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
s (472 feet).
Puttur is situated on the way from Tirupati to Chennai. It is situated at distance of 35 km from Tirupathi and 110 km from Chennai and 10 kilometres from Andhra Pradesh's border with Tamil Nadu.
Founder
Legend has it that Buchi Naidu founded this village. It is folklore that Venkatagiri Raja instructed Buchi to relocate to the current day BuchiNaidu Kandriga area. Buchi may have been a land surveyor and tax collector employed by Venkatagiri Rajas who were Velama Naidus themselves. One of the grandsons of Buchi, Chinna BattiriNaidu used to perform munsif/surveyor duties. He would ride on horseback to reach villages and had land survey gear in the house for performing his duties. Reference to Chinnabattiri as 'land surveyor and tax collector' provided by more than one source helps to lead us to conclude that Buchi family may have performed land survey duties for the VenkatagiriVenkatagiri
Venkatagiri is the fourth largest town and municipality in Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.Venkatagiri's old name is "Kali Mili".It is famous for its Handloom Cotton Sarees. Venkatagiri is a place for history and handlooms. It was part of a small kingdom that was integrated...
and Karveti Nagaram
Migration from Palnadu to Venkatagiri
It is believed that all the people that came with Buchi to BuchiNaidu Kandriga village actually migrated from regions called Velnadu (or pronounced as Elnadu) and PalnaduPalnadu
Palnadu is the northern region of Guntur District in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Also known as Pallava Nadu, it occupies an important place in Telugu history. After the decline of the Satavahana dynasty, the Pallavas became independent in Krishna river valley. The region is known as...
in Guntur /Prakasam districts. People of Elnadu and Palnadu, over period might have come to be called Ellanti and Pallinti. Both Elnadu and Palnadu may represent the same general region of Guntur district and around. There are Ellantis, Pallintis in many villages around Puttur. Articles on villages such as Tirumala Kuppam, Surendra Nagaram, Paadiredu and others will be coming soon as they are important parts of BuchiNaidu Kandriga. These villages may shed light on generaly history of Kandrigas of Puttur or Venkatagiri samsthanams.
The Epic battle of Palnadu
Palnadu
Palnadu is the northern region of Guntur District in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Also known as Pallava Nadu, it occupies an important place in Telugu history. After the decline of the Satavahana dynasty, the Pallavas became independent in Krishna river valley. The region is known as...
took place in 1200 AD. It was called by historians as Kurukshetra of Andhrapradesh since the battle was between two cousins in the family much like the family battle in Mahabarata. Following the battle, defeated Bramham Naidu's warriors (a Velama community) as well as others are likely to have moved to Venkatagiri
Venkatagiri
Venkatagiri is the fourth largest town and municipality in Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.Venkatagiri's old name is "Kali Mili".It is famous for its Handloom Cotton Sarees. Venkatagiri is a place for history and handlooms. It was part of a small kingdom that was integrated...
for two reasons:
- After loss to army controlled by willy Nagamma, followers of Bramham Naidu, feeling threatended, moved out of regions controlled by the winner to an area controlled by one of their cast (Velama Naidus)
- Transfer of power of Palnadu to Golconda Nawab after the battle in the years subsequently triggered even loyalits on winning team to move out of Palnadu in the hope of protecting and preserving their culture. Also, see notes 1 and 2 below.
Thus the migrating community settled around Venkatagiri as well as in the areas controlled by Venkatagiri. This may include KarvetiNagarama, Chandragiri, Puttur and parts of current day Tamil nadu.
As Venkatagiri Rajas are Velugoti/Velanki/Velama Naidus, it is easy to conjecture that many Palnadu Velama naidus involved in Palnati yuddam as well as other communities migrated and settled in Venkatigiri surroundings.
Migration from Venkatagiri to BuchiNaidu Kandriga
VenkatagiriVenkatagiri
Venkatagiri is the fourth largest town and municipality in Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.Venkatagiri's old name is "Kali Mili".It is famous for its Handloom Cotton Sarees. Venkatagiri is a place for history and handlooms. It was part of a small kingdom that was integrated...
zamindars signed merger treaty with British in 1802. It is likely that, before or after the merger, various adminstrative chieftains of Venkatagiri Raja were awareded land generously by the Naidu king. Thus Buchi Naidu, may have left Venkatagiri to live near his alloted land. Since there is another Buchi Naidu Kandriga (near Kalahasti), it is possible that it was founded by another Buchi Naidu or that single Buchi Naidu founded both but he choose to live in the one near Puttur. See note #3 below about another folk tale similar to this about Venkatagiri Raja giving land to his administration officials.
Venkatagiri is famous for handlooms and padma chaali tribe that specializes in making cloths using maggalu (hand looms). The fact that BuchiNaidu Kandriga had several Padma Chaali families may confirm the hypothesis that Buchi Naidu moved from Venkatagiri to current day Buchi Naidu Kandriga near Puttur along with many non-naidu community members (such as chaalis, balijas) from Venkatagiri.
One another interesting link between Venkatagir and BuchiNaidu Kandriga : Poleramma jatara was a big part of Venkatagiri samstanam. Poleramma is also celebrated in BuchiNaidu kandriga at least until late 90s. This indicates Buchi continued some of the traditions that were present at Venkatagiri.
Founding year
Through some inferences and logical dating back, given that 5th generation is living in the village now with 6th generation mostly in schools or just starting their careers, author believes the village may have been founded between 1800-1850 or even earlier. One folklore story around british soldiers taking bath in the wells around the villages detailed lataer may support the fact the village existed in the 1900 and before India's independence. It is likely that the village was founed around the time Venkatagiri zamindars signed deal with British empire in 1802. Any other data points and legends to help firm the founding date would be good to have.Biological attributes
Most, at least forward cast members of the village have lighter compexion and are tall. Many men and women in Ellanti, Pallini, Mandala family were very fair. Most men are around six feet and some even taller. Through generations of marriages and due to Mendel's (famous English Biologist) genetic principles, some of the progeny inherited darker skin and have come to be shorter. The lighter skin and tallness may imply ancestory from North or West. If from West then ancestory could be traced to Maharstra as some of the Marathis are supposed to have migrated along Krishna and Godavari downstreams (perhaps around 13th century) to costal Andhra which includes Palnadu and Krishna - the general area of Velma Naidus.Buchi of Buchi Naidu Kandriga and others like him in many villages around Puttur might have demonstrated strong leadership, farming skills and labor management persona allowing Rajas to give them land to settle. Given their skills, they helped grow rice, ground nuts, vegetables and others required to feed millions of people around as well as far off places such as Madras.
Manu's social varnas
The village fully reflected Manu's social varna system. Manu, from around 4th century B.C, wrote first law of social order for use across Indus valley. Manu's book (called Manucharitra) later became defacto standard on Hindu social order.The village had families representing the following social roles (Manu's micro 'varnas'):
- Raitu (farmer)
- Mangali (barber)
- Chaakali (dobhi)
- Weaver (chaali)
- Trade/business (komati)
Families of Buchi
Various family group co-existed in the village and they continue today- Pallinti
- Nutalapati
- Mandala
- Govini
- Tummala
- Koppala
All these groups are widespread in other villages around Puttur.
Professionals from this village
- (late) Ellanti Munasway Naidu (Advocate, Tirupati)
- Ellanti Manohar Naidu (ex-Supreme court lawyer, AP Hight court lawyer, Hynderabad)
- Ellanti Mohan Naidu , film distributor (Hynderabad), married niece of Akkineni Nageswar Rao
- Ellanti Murali , Engineer & Enterpreneur (Hyderabad)
- Ellanti Manohar (Software Engineer)
- Ellanti Mohan (Advocate, Puttur)
- Ellanti Pratap (Software Engineer)
- Ellanti Dharani (Software Engineer)
- Mandala Bhaktavachalam's son (Biotech Scientist)
- Ellanti Janani (Software Engineer)
- Ellanti Rajesh (Mechanical Eng & Automotive Software Engineer)
- Koppala Sivaiah (Govt. Health Worker )
- Govini Venkateswarulu (Govt. Health Worker )
- Madhavi (Bio Tech Regulatory Affairs Director, United Kingdom)
- P.C Subramanyam (Teacher)
- P. Ettirajulu (Teacher)
Generation 1
Ellanti Buchi Naid had six childrens representing the 1st generation- Venktajalam Naidu
- Subba Naidu
- Veeraswamy Naidu
- Chengaswamy Naidu (remained celibate and brahmchari and reverently called 'swamy'). Built Ramalayam in the village. see details below.
- Achchamma (married to Nutualpati, Gangadhar Naidu of Tirumula Kuppam)
- Errakka (married to ?, ? of Mangalagiri Kandriga)
- Gnanamma (married to Potugunta ? of Paadiredu)
Generation 2
- E. Pedda Battiri Naidu & E. Chinna Battiri Naidu (children of E. Venkatajalam Naidu)
- E. Rangappa Naidu, E. Munasway Naidu, E. Narayanaswamy Naidu, E. Jayarama Naidu, Rosamma (children of Subba Naidu)
- E. Jagannatha Naidu, E. Raghavulu Naidu, E. Rama Naidu, Rajamma (children of Veeraswamy Naidu)
- P. Budda Naidu
- ...
- ? Siddaiah Naidu's father name?
Missing details for:
- ?. Dodebba family (Dodebba sold land and moved to some other village)
- any others?
Generation 3
- Munaswamy Naidu, Jayarama Naidu (children of Pedda Battiri Naidu)
- Ettirajulu Naidu, Ramakrishnama Naidu, Bhagyamma, Lakshmamma, Mangamma (children of Chinna Battiri Naidu)
- Madhavulu Naidu, Mohan Naidu, Prakasam Naidu, Mahendra (children of Rangappa Naidu)
- Janarthanam Naidu, Desamma, Doraswamy Naidu (children of Narayanaswamy Naidu)
- Janarthanam Naidu, Gnanamma (children of Jagannatha Naidu)
- Manohar Naidu (lawyer), Mohan(film distributor), Mural (Engineer/Enterpreneur), Dakshayani(Bangalore), Daughter (Kammapalle)
Generation 4
- Narasimhulu Naidu, Babu Naidu, Pushpa, Chitti (children of Ettirajulu Naidu & Munemma)
- Gangaiah (late), Hari, Chakravarti, Nagabhusanam (children of Ramakrishnama Naidu & Chenchemma)
- Polamma (died around age 14), Pandabba (died at age 8), Munikrishnama Naidu, Manohar Naidu, Bhaskar, Usah (children of Munasway Naidu & Bangaramma)
- Sudhir kumar Naidu, Madhavi, Mythili, Bhavani (children of Jayarama Naidu & Susheela Devi)
- Rajesh and Janani (Children of Prakasam Naidu & Suguna)
- Dinesh, Dharani ( (Children of Mohan Naidu & Kumari)
- Mahita, sister (children of Mahendra alias Chitti & ?)
- Pratap, sister (children of Janarthanam Naidu & Revati)
- Amara, Ravi, Padma (children of N. Siddaiah Naidu, Lakshmamma)
- Bobbili, Santi (Children of N. Muneiah)
- N. Doraswamy (conductor)
Ramalayam
There is beautiful temple in the village with unique architecture suitable for the space available to it. Almost in ruins now it was the best of its time fot he village of the size of BuchiNaidu Kandriga. It has thinnis (in tamil called thinnais) in the front to allow use of the facilty for village court, arugu (front part of the temple before the door), a spacer room where musical equipment, ooregimpu equipment and other essentials are kept. At the end is garbha gudi where dieties and photos of gods are kept. It is small temple but well built for that time.Chengaswamy Naidu (4th son of Buchi Naidu, the founder of the village) led celibaet life and was reverently called 'swamy' , 'swamy tata'. He led construction of the temple by getting skilled people from Tanjor, a city well known for Tyagaraja - the sage that spent life signigng rama kirtanas. Tyagaraja and Annamacharya contributed much more to achcha telugu literature compared to writers of Godavari/Krishna delta regions who were merely transcripting classics from hindi script to Telugu but the literature remained sanskrit in nature. Tyangaraja and Annamacharya are one of the many that gave to Telugy people literature written in prakriti and so easy to understand.
The images of Rama, Sita and others in the temple were specially painted with ornamenent decoration and is a special art popular only in Tamilnaidu at that time and may not exist today. See one sample of the art taken from a restaurant in Chennai. Panitings are overall unique. Special cedit must go to Chengaswamy Naidu to contemplate temple , travel distances to get skilled workers, material and coordinate to build it. The only person of the village to have samadhi is Chengaswamy Naidu and this shall speak for how he was respected for his celibate and self less life. The samadhi is on the west side of the village near guntakaada baavi.