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yaa krishnadevaraya belongs to balija. many says that he is kota balija Krishnadevaraya belongs to KURABA.

--Historyfreak69 (talk) 18:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)==krishnadevaraya==

  • Krishna Deva Raya called himself a Kshatriya of Yaduvanshi descent. The people that write these kapu articles keep saying that McKenzie manuscripts mention that he is a balija, the fact is these manuscripts only say that after the first dynasty all subsequent dynasties were telugu communities. As far as his lineage he is clearly said to have been born of the kings second wife or a mistress. His son-in-laws are chandravansi kshatriyas, specifically of the modern day raju community and their gotra is atreya. The raja of anegundi is the legal heir and direct descendant of aliya rama raya. they also claim spiritual descent from krishna deva raya as his line died off with him. This family gives it's caste as Raju. They are telugu speaking community settled in the former capital. They marry with Raju's from Andhra. Where these guys get the justification to say that they are kota balijas is beyond me. The very same author that keeps insisting on this point even says there is absolutely no conculsive proof to this claim, that it is just a theory they have based on what mackenzie hypothesised, but they will not here the truth from living descendants if this dynasty. One thing to keep in mind, kings back then had multiple wives, Krishna deva raya is in the guiness book of world records for having one of the largest harems of all time. with all due respect, the thurston article does clearly state that who ever was thrown out of other castes or were a product of a mixed caste were accepted into the kapu, balija etc. castes. Why else would you have over a hundred different gotras, some brahminical, some just a name of an occupation. Kapu was a generic term for farmer, so if a brahman etc. became a farmer he would be called a kapu, so that is probably why you have such a wide variety of people and customs in the kapu community. This is not meant to be taken insultingly, just an academic point is being made--Historyfreak69 (talk) 18:47, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Surname:-------Kapu Gotra:-------Ruler gotras:
  • Chodagam-------Pamidipandla
  • Chodisetty-----Paidipala--------all telugu chodas were kasyapa and used chodaraju as thier surname
  • Chodisetty-----Godavari
  • Dalavayi-------Thammineni-------Atreya
  • Kathari--------Pydipala---------Atreya
  • Sammeta-------Varalakshmi----Atreya

where is the correlation between kapu/balijas and the ruling families? Unless this was an incomplete list from your own community website it doesn't seem to matchup. Just having surnames and gotras is not enough, the two have to match up. Can you give the actual family that claims direct descent from these kings?

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You are a Kamma and you intend to post some filthy posts about Balijas and then leve the signature of Reddys so that we pick up a fight with them.. Ill get you IP Banned and you edits cleared and revoke all your contributions take care dude... By the way check the origin of your community its got a really glorious history... colorful one too..


The article on Balijas has been vandalised by some Pro-kamma person. The mentioneing of some flithy and degrading sentences like 'person on a Donkey'is not accepted by wikipedia. I have edited the article to include the correct facts about this community.Please refer to the main Kapu(caste) page and citations for more info.

If the person continues to vandalise this article his IP address will be taken to task.

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There seems be active vandalising of this article ...many unwanted and degrading comments are being added in the article.Ornament makers are generally done by Kamasali's in the tradition Hindu social hierarchy structure...the vandals are trying to undermine the fact that balijas are traders of gems from which their family names have evolved. Don't vandalise the article else the concerned ip adresss will be taken to task John Rambo 17:17, 4 November 2007 (UTC) John Rambo

[edit] Disabiguation page

I think there should be disabm. page, because in BIH this was and still is abusive name of Bosniaks. Primarly used by Serbs. Term was highly used during the Bosnian war, with devolution in after war time. E.g. like used in Prijedor massacre article.
--Čikić Dragan (talk) 13:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)