Gotra Finder
Search 90+ Indian Gotras by surname, name, founding Rishi, Veda or region. Discover your Vedic lineage and Pravara ancestors.
96 gotras in the directory
Bharadwaj
भारद्वाज
Uttar Pradesh · Madhya Pradesh · Rajasthan · Andhra Pradesh
View full lineage →Kashyap
कश्यप
Pan-India · Kashmir · Punjab · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Vashishtha
वशिष्ठ
Uttar Pradesh · Rajasthan · Gujarat · Kashmir
View full lineage →Gautam
गौतम
Bihar · Uttar Pradesh · Mithila · Maharashtra
View full lineage →Jamadagni
जमदग्नि
Maharashtra · Madhya Pradesh · Konkan · Gujarat
View full lineage →Vishwamitra
विश्वामित्र
Uttar Pradesh · Rajasthan · Madhya Pradesh · Bihar
View full lineage →Atri
अत्रि
Maharashtra · Andhra Pradesh · Karnataka · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Agastya
अगस्त्य
Tamil Nadu · Kerala · Karnataka · Andhra Pradesh
View full lineage →Angiras
आंगिरस
Pan-India · Uttar Pradesh · Gujarat · Rajasthan
View full lineage →Kaushik
कौशिक
Uttar Pradesh · Bihar · Rajasthan · Punjab
View full lineage →Vatsa
वत्स
Uttar Pradesh · Madhya Pradesh · Bihar · Rajasthan
View full lineage →Mudgala
मुद्गल
Maharashtra · Gujarat · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Garg
गर्ग
Uttar Pradesh · Rajasthan · Gujarat · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Parashar
पराशर
Uttar Pradesh · Rajasthan · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra
View full lineage →Harit
हरित
Gujarat · Rajasthan · Maharashtra · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Shandilya
शाण्डिल्य
Bengal · Bihar · Uttar Pradesh · Jharkhand
View full lineage →Kaundinya
कौण्डिन्य
Andhra Pradesh · Tamil Nadu · Karnataka · Maharashtra
View full lineage →Bhrigu
भृगु
Pan-India · Gujarat · Rajasthan · Maharashtra
View full lineage →Maudgalya
मौद्गल्य
Maharashtra · Gujarat · Uttar Pradesh · Rajasthan
View full lineage →Dhananjaya
धनंजय
Andhra Pradesh · Karnataka · Tamil Nadu · Maharashtra
View full lineage →Kanva
काण्व
Uttar Pradesh · Andhra Pradesh · Karnataka · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Mandavya
माण्डव्य
Andhra Pradesh · Maharashtra · Karnataka · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Shatamarshana
शतमर्षण
Andhra Pradesh · Tamil Nadu · Karnataka · Telangana
View full lineage →Upamanyu
उपमन्यु
Uttar Pradesh · Rajasthan · Kashmir · Himachal Pradesh
View full lineage →Naidhruva
नैधृव
Bihar · Uttar Pradesh · Madhya Pradesh · Jharkhand
View full lineage →Kutsa
कुत्स
Uttar Pradesh · Madhya Pradesh · Karnataka · Andhra Pradesh
View full lineage →Galava
गालव
Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh · Gujarat · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Shakti
शक्ति
Uttar Pradesh · Rajasthan · Madhya Pradesh · Bihar
View full lineage →Katyayan
कात्यायन
Uttar Pradesh · Maharashtra · Gujarat · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Srivatsa
श्रीवत्स
Tamil Nadu · Karnataka · Andhra Pradesh · Kerala
View full lineage →Jambu
जम्बू
Bihar · Jharkhand · Andhra Pradesh · Karnataka
View full lineage →Bhaland
भालन्द
Gujarat · Rajasthan · Maharashtra
View full lineage →Laugakshi
लौगाक्षि
Uttar Pradesh · Gujarat · Rajasthan · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Savarna
सावर्ण
Maharashtra · Karnataka · Andhra Pradesh · Goa
View full lineage →Saunak
शौनक
Uttar Pradesh · Gujarat · Maharashtra · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Kapi
कपि
Andhra Pradesh · Karnataka · Tamil Nadu · Maharashtra
View full lineage →Bhargava
भार्गव
Pan-India · Rajasthan · Gujarat · Maharashtra
View full lineage →Maitreya
मैत्रेय
Uttar Pradesh · Bihar · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra
View full lineage →Chyavana
च्यवन
Gujarat · Rajasthan · Maharashtra · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Markandeya
मार्कण्डेय
Maharashtra · Andhra Pradesh · Tamil Nadu · Karnataka
View full lineage →Aurva
और्व
Rajasthan · Gujarat · Maharashtra · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Kratu
क्रतु
Uttar Pradesh · Rajasthan · Gujarat · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Pulastya
पुलस्त्य
Uttar Pradesh · Bihar · Karnataka · Tamil Nadu
View full lineage →Pulaha
पुलह
Kashmir · Uttar Pradesh · Bihar · Himachal Pradesh
View full lineage →Marichi
मरीचि
Uttar Pradesh · Bihar · Madhya Pradesh · Rajasthan
View full lineage →Kautsa
कौत्स
Rajasthan · Madhya Pradesh · Gujarat · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Dhaumya
धौम्य
Uttar Pradesh · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Odisha
View full lineage →Uddalaka
उद्दालक
Bihar · Mithila · Bengal · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Yajnavalkya
याज्ञवल्क्य
Bihar · Uttar Pradesh · Mithila · Bengal
View full lineage →Dirghatamas
दीर्घतमस्
Bihar · Bengal · Jharkhand · Odisha
View full lineage →Lohita
लोहित
Rajasthan · Gujarat · Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra
View full lineage →Aapastamba
आपस्तम्ब
Andhra Pradesh · Telangana · Tamil Nadu · Karnataka
View full lineage →Bodhayana
बोधायन
Karnataka · Tamil Nadu · Andhra Pradesh · Kerala
View full lineage →Haritha
हारीत
Tamil Nadu · Andhra Pradesh · Telangana · Karnataka
View full lineage →Jaimini
जैमिनि
Karnataka · Maharashtra · Tamil Nadu · Andhra Pradesh
View full lineage →Vaikhanasa
वैखानस
Andhra Pradesh · Telangana · Tamil Nadu · Karnataka
View full lineage →Alambayan
अलम्बायन
Tamil Nadu · Karnataka · Andhra Pradesh · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Tayal
तायल
Haryana · Delhi · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Bhandal
भांडल
Haryana · Rajasthan · Punjab · Delhi
View full lineage →Kuchhal
कुच्छल
Haryana · Rajasthan · Delhi · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Nagal
नागल
Haryana · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh · Delhi
View full lineage →Tingal
टिंगल
Haryana · Delhi · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Mangal
मांगल
Haryana · Rajasthan · Delhi · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Bindal
बिंदल
Haryana · Rajasthan · Delhi · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Kanshal
कांशल
Haryana · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh · Delhi
View full lineage →Dharan
धारण
Haryana · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh · Delhi
View full lineage →Madhukul
मधुकुल
Haryana · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh · Delhi
View full lineage →Ikshvaku
इक्ष्वाकु
Uttar Pradesh · Rajasthan · Andhra Pradesh · Bihar
View full lineage →Nidagha
निदाघ
Karnataka · Tamil Nadu · Maharashtra · Andhra Pradesh
View full lineage →Dattatreya
दत्तात्रेय
Kashmir · Maharashtra · Karnataka · Andhra Pradesh
View full lineage →Gargyeya
गार्ग्य
Kashmir · Uttar Pradesh · Rajasthan · Punjab
View full lineage →Varshaganya
वर्षगण्य
Kashmir · Himachal Pradesh · Punjab · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Upagava
उपगव
Kashmir · Jammu · Himachal Pradesh · Delhi
View full lineage →Valakhilya
वालखिल्य
Uttar Pradesh · Bihar · Madhya Pradesh · Rajasthan
View full lineage →Kanvayana
काण्वायन
Maharashtra · Gujarat · Karnataka · Andhra Pradesh
View full lineage →Nandana
नन्दन
Rajasthan · Haryana · Delhi · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Taittiriya
तैत्तिरीय
Andhra Pradesh · Telangana · Tamil Nadu · Karnataka
View full lineage →Dhanvantari
धन्वन्तरि
Kerala · Tamil Nadu · Karnataka · Andhra Pradesh
View full lineage →Devaraja
देवराज
Tamil Nadu · Karnataka · Andhra Pradesh · Kerala
View full lineage →Raivata
रैवत
Gujarat · Maharashtra · Rajasthan · Goa
View full lineage →Suryadhwaja
सूर्यध्वज
Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh · Madhya Pradesh · Gujarat
View full lineage →Somadatta
सोमदत्त
Uttar Pradesh · Bihar · West Bengal · Madhya Pradesh
View full lineage →Nimi
निमि
Bihar · Uttar Pradesh · Jharkhand · West Bengal
View full lineage →Nagas
नागस
Andhra Pradesh · Tamil Nadu · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Shakapuni
शाकपूणि
Kashmir · Punjab · Himachal Pradesh · Delhi
View full lineage →Bhavayavya
भवायव्य
Kashmir · Punjab · Himachal Pradesh · Jammu
View full lineage →Alamba
अलम्ब
Kashmir · Jammu · Delhi · Himachal Pradesh
View full lineage →Kaunsha
कौंश
Kashmir · Jammu · Punjab · Himachal Pradesh
View full lineage →Kaushal
कौशल
Uttar Pradesh · Bihar · Madhya Pradesh · Rajasthan
View full lineage →Goyal
गोयल
Haryana · Delhi · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Goyan
गोयन
Haryana · Delhi · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Bansal
बंसल
Haryana · Delhi · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Singhal
सिंघल
Haryana · Delhi · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Jindal
जिंदल
Haryana · Delhi · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Mittal
मित्तल
Haryana · Delhi · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh
View full lineage →Airan
ऐरन
Haryana · Delhi · Rajasthan · Uttar Pradesh
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find my Gotra?
Your Gotra is passed down through your father's side (paternal lineage). Ask your father, grandfather, or a family priest (pandit). If unknown, search by your surname's community or region below to find commonly associated Gotras.
What is a Gotra?
A Gotra is a patrilineal lineage clan traced back to an ancient Vedic Rishi (sage). Every Hindu family belongs to one Gotra, which identifies which Rishi's lineage they descend from. Gotras are used in Hindu rituals, kundali matching, and marriage ceremonies.
Can two people of the same Gotra marry?
In traditional Hindu practice, marriage within the same Gotra (sa-gotra) is generally discouraged as they are considered the same ancestral family. This varies by community, region, and individual family tradition.
How many Gotras are there?
There are hundreds of Gotras tracing back to the Saptarishis (seven great sages) and Rishi Agastya. Vanshmool documents 90+ of the most prominent Gotras with complete Rishi lineage, Pravara, and Veda affiliation.
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