We belong to a community known for its rich history and cultural heritage. Traditionally, we belong to the southern Indian states such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

With the power of knowledge and education, we can call ourselves Global citizens as a large group of our community has migrated to the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc.

Currently many among our brethren are politically active, especially in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh and parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

The natural propensity for hard work made our forefathers wealthy and prosperous. The money was put to good use by establishing numerous schools and libraries and encouraging children of our community to take up education and prosper.

The association of our community with land and agriculture is legendary. In fact there are many proverbs and sayings in Telugu praising the strength and valour of our community.

In the modern times, the pace of the growth of our brethren has grown tenfold with the initiative and notable achievements of our brothers in business, real estate, farming, arts, movie industry, education, medicine, engineering, media, and technology.

We use different titles such as Chowdary, Naidu, Rao and Naicker depending on where we live. In Tamil Nadu and southern Andhra Pradesh, Naidu is the most commonly used title.

Did you know?

• Kammanadu is an ancient geographical region in the present day South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The region straddled from the southern bank of Krishna river delta up to Kandukur (Prakasam Dt.). The word Kammanadu is derived from Karmarashtram (Sanskrit) or Kammaratham (Pali). Buddhism flourished in this region from 3rd century BC onwards. Dharanikota, near Amaravati on the bank of Krishna River (Guntur Dt.) was the ancient capital of Satavahana dynasty which ruled South India for five centuries.
• In all contemporary inscriptions (3rd to 11th century AD) the words Kammaratham, Kammakaratham, Karmarashtram, Karmakaratham and Karmakarashtram, Kammakarashtram were interchangeably used.