Modern karimnagar social history revealed by Penchala Rajaiah

After knowing the write up of Yellapu charitha, Sri.Rachakonda Narsing Rao, son-in-law of sri.Tula Chokka Rao had made a call to me and asked to contact Sri.Penchala Rajaiah of Nagunur, who is now staying in Mancheryal. But, really I did not get time. After many days I made a call to him. He knows my father and recalled the meetings and relations .He knows the contemporary social and religious history in better way. He opened up a new discussion with his revealing. The story as revealed by him is as follows:

He told that in the Gullakota Gadi, the Dhora, cook, Sunkari, Clerks are belongs to the Yellapus only. This is the disparities existing in the caste. Such things have also been existing in Other castes such as velama and reddy also.This is the clear indication of disparities existing in that period.
Yellapus are very nice people and the never thought about sustaining losses to other people since ages. The Yellaplu caste people existing in Nagunur, a village on outskirts of Karimnagar town, were Penchala, Bonagiri, Sunki, etc. Out of which, the Penchala families have been living there since 300 years. But it is contrary to the migration of Yellapus as the war of Bobbili took place in 1757 and during and after that period only, the migrations took place. Hence, the inhabitation of Penchala families took place 40 to 50 years back of Bobbili war. Hence, some kind of merger arrangement took place between penchala families and later migrants. However, one cannot distinguish the difference between these families.

The Guru of Penchala families during his childhood was Sri.Veda Vyasa Bhattarvar, a native of Srirangam, who’s family is presently living in Bengaluru. To collect the information of his own family, sri. Rajaiah went to srirangam also.But he learned the names of three generations and came back. The whole information was kept at Ramalayam in Srirangam. The same is not accessed due to the death of the Guru and absence of his children.But , fortunately he met the family of Guru.

Guru was a vaishnavite. He use to spread the vaisnavite culture. He used to conduct the Chakranthams.Chakrantham are briefly explained by him.Earlier, sri.Kalvala Karunakar Rao also tried to explain this vaishnavite tradition. However, I could not understand. The shanku-chakras are Gold ornaments in that form. The same is heated in the dried cow dung mixed with the rice husk. The ahuthi is given with cow ghee and cooled with the milk of cow and pressed to the shoulders, so as to visible the marks on the same. During that pain, Guru imparts the Ashtakshari Mantra. It is believed that the pain relieves and concentration would be high.After that the Sandhyavandanam and closure of Non-veg was also used to preached.

Here we can deduct one thing that there was spreading of Vaishnavite traditions in Karimnagar and Nalgonda district during Nizam rule. It was also thought that most of the Yellapus of Karimnagar district are shaivites , due to the influence of vemulavads. But it is not totally correct.