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Velama is a
Hindu caste found mainly in
Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh. The
earliest recorded use of the term "
Velama" to
refer to a
community dates back...
- Kop****
Velama or
Koppu Velama is a
Telugu peasant caste found in
Andhra Pradesh, India. They are
primarily found in the
Uttarandhra region with smaller...
- (arranged alphabetically)
Brahmin Kamma Kapu/Telaga/Balija
Komati Raju
Reddy Velama Some
communities within these groups are
instead classified under other...
- up to the
south of Chennapatam.
Chennapa Nayaka belonged to the
Telugu Velama caste. He
married Akkamamba, the
daughter of
Venkatagiri ruler Velugoti...
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occurring in 1406. Led by
Tajuddin Firuz Shah, the
Bahmani forces,
supported by
Velama chiefs and the Reddis,
launched multiple attacks on the
Vijayanagar empire...
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victorious and the
Devarkonda state became v****al
state of Ga****ati Empire. The
Velama chief of
Devarakonda (in the present-day
Telangana region),
Gajaravo Tippa...
- city of
Chennai is named. The
Kalahasti Nayaks had
their origins in the
Velama warrior clans of present-day
Andhra Pradesh.
These Nayakas served as v****als...
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constituency for 2019. Uma
Sankara Ganesh was born in a Telugu-speaking Kop****
Velama family in Narsipatnam,
Visakhapatnam district of
Andhra Pradesh. His native...
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Telugu castes such as the Kapu/Balija Kamma, Gavara, Golla,
Turpu Kapu,
Velama, Boya
among others use the title. In
Coastal Andhra, the term
Naidu primarily...
- Vijaya, the king of Vijayanagar,
opposed them with a vast army,
supported by
Velama Chiefs. However, they were
repelled from Tungabhadra, and at one point,...
