Are we kakatiyas?
The qualifying points for being kakatiyas are that they should be from rastrakutas or atleast rastrakutas senani,as kakartya gundana was rastrakuta senani, as per the magallu inscription of danarnava.they should also have relationship with kalyani chalukyas, as varaha lanchana was upkept by kakatiyas.
It is also believed that they are belongs to kakatipuram near belgaum.that means they should had relations of karnataka.
They should also worship the mother goddess, as kakatiyas worsipped the kushmandini matha in the form of kakati.
They should have jains also, as kakatiyas were jains in early stages.
On observing the the origin and migrational points of yellapus it is clear that they worked under Rastrakutas and later worked under kalyani chalukyas . Polasa kings of yellapus maintaned the Garuda lanchana on the lines of Rastrakutas, may be because of ancestry or mark of respect of being subordinates.They also bore the titles of Lattaluru puravaradhisvara and Suvarnagaruda-dhvaja. This clarifies the relations of yellapus with Rastrakutas.
Prior to coming to telangana, yellapus lived at maharastra and later at karnataka.yellapus were working in the court of kalyani chalukyas.they occupied very important positions like ministers in the court of kalyani chalukyas. Kakatiyas were also there in the court of kalyani chalukyas.
As per the recent findouts in the inscriptions by rapole ramkumar baradwaj, many senanis, mahamandaleshwaras and rastrakutas themselves are relatives of yellapus.
Yellapus were worshipped the vageshwarimatha during the Rajasthan days.Later , polasvasa kings (yellapus) established padmakshi temple, for which kakatiyas also donated.Thus, it is clearly proves that yellapus worshipped mother goddess.
It is also obvious that yellapus were jains in the initial days.still some people follow vegetarianism and donot take curd even now also (indication of strict vegetarianism).
Many surnames of yellapus are matching with the kakatiyas and their relatives. Bethi, Korukanti, veeramalla,etc. Clearly indicate their connection to kakatiyas. The Gotra of early kakatiyas was Kashyapa, which is present in yellapus in Bonagiri families.
Most importantly.The yellapu women were valiant warriors, it was proved in many wars.In kakatiyas also Rudramadevi had proven her might to whole world.Thus, yellapu women are none other than descendants of Rudramadevi.In a.p other caste women were not allowed to participate in wars, except yellapus.
The rift between polavasa and kakatiyas may be also dayadula poru.In the initial days both the kings had Raju in their names . Polasa kings names were Medaraju, Edaraju and Gundaraja. Names of the early kakatiya kings were Gundaraju , Betharaju and prolaraju.
Hence, all the above aspects clarifies that kakatiyas were of yellapu origin.Also there is need to elucidate for clear understanding.
