Is Nagvanshi a Rajput?

The worshippers of Naga were supposedly known as Naga or Nagil. Some Nair and Bunt clans claims to be of Nagvanshi origin. The trace of nagvanshi can be find out in Chotanagpur i.e. Jharkhand (Rai) community and (Shahdeo) community are also nagvanshi Rajput.

Which caste is Nagvanshi?

According to Nagvanshavali, Nagvanshi dynasty originated with Pundrika Naga. According to the story, to avoid killing by Raja Janamejaya the king of Hastinapur, Pundarika Naga the son of Takshaka settled in Varanasi. He assumed the persona of a Brahmin and studied shastras in the house of a Brahmin.

What is the difference between suryavanshi and chandravanshi?

history of the Rajputs …ancestry can be divided between Suryavanshi (“House of the Sun,” or Solar people), or those descended from Rama, the hero of the epic Ramayana; and Chandravanshi (“House of the Moon,” or Lunar people), or those descended from Krishna, the hero of the epic Mahabharata.

Which caste is chandravanshi?

The Chandravanshi lineage is one of the three lineages into which the Kshatriya caste of Hindu is divided, the other two being the Suryavanshi and the Agnivanshi, descended from Agni. According to Mahabharata, the Chandravanshis are descended from Chandra, in the Lunar Dynasty or the Hindu Moon God.

Are Nagvanshi Kshatriya?

Nagavansh (नागवंश) or Nagavansha (नागवंश) or Nagavanshi (नागवंशी) or Naga Vansh (नागवंश) are very ancient and aboriginal kshatriyas.

What is nag gotra?

Naga (नागा)/ Nag (नाग) is gotra of Jats found in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh,Haryana and Punjab. Dilip Singh Ahlawat has mentioned it as one of the ruling Jat clans in Central Asia.

Is chandravanshi a RAM?

Was Lord Ram Suryavanshi or Chandravanshi? Lord Ram was Suryavanshi, an offshoot of the Rajput Suryavanshi clan. As per Epic Mahabharata, Kauravas and Pandavas were Chandravanshi and belonged to the Lunar dynasty. Chandravanshis Uses to worship him and called him as Chandravanshi Rawani Kshatriya clan.

Is Ram suryavanshi or chandravanshi?

Was Lord Ram Suryavanshi or Chandravanshi? Lord Ram was Suryavanshi, an offshoot of the Rajput Suryavanshi clan. As per Epic Mahabharata, Kauravas and Pandavas were Chandravanshi and belonged to the Lunar dynasty. Karna was the brother of Pandavas but he was Suryavanshi.

What are the 49 Gotras?

They are (1) Shandilya, (2) Gautama Maharishi, (3) Bharadwaja, (4) Vishvamitra, (5) Jamadagni, (6) Vashista, (7) Kashyapa and (8) Atri . To this list, Agastya is also sometimes added.