Pedireddla

Pedireddla is a family name or surname. Pedireddla is one of the finest and forward groups in the state Andhra Pradesh, India.

Pedireddla is a kshatriya community of Andhra Pradesh who live principally in the districts of Visakhapatnam and Vijayanagaram, while a few are distributed in the district of Srikakulam.

Originated from Gajapathis of Kalinga and on the height of their power in the 15th century, ruled over a kingdom extending from the Ganga river in the north to the Kaveri in the south under Gajapati Kapilendra Deva.

Pedireddla is mainly divided into :Suryavanshi and Nagavanshi.

Suryavansha is one of the most prominent dynasties in the history of Hinduism.Lord Sri Rama was a Kshatriya of Suryavanshi lineage .

Nagavanshi were originated from Kashyapa.The Nāgvanshis acquired the status of Devas due to their excellent qualities, behavior and actions.In ancient times Nāgas were the rulers of entire India. During their peak period of rule they had sent armies to other countries also conquered them.Mahabharata counts following more Naga clans.The Nagavanshi kings had a symbol of Naga or serpent on their coins and flags. The coins of Nagavanshi rulers are still found at village Āhār in Bulandshar district in Uttar Pradesh. These coins depict symbols of Nagas on them. There is mention of Nagas in Mahabharata in a story in which Duryodan poisoned Bhima to kill and threw into Ganga River. When he was foating inriver he reached village Āhār where the Nagavanshi rulers took him out from Ganga River and gave treatment to cure. After treatment he was sent to Hastinapur.

Arjuna, the son of Pandu, was married to Nagavanshi princess Ulupi. This finds mention in Mahabharata.

The genealogies of this caste accordingly traced up to Kusha the second son of Rama the hero of the great epic Ramayana of the Hindus

The earliest Vedic literature listed the Kshatriya (holders of kṣatra, or authority) as first in rank, then the Brahmins (priests and teachers of law), next the Vaisya (merchant-traders), and finally the Sudra (artisans and labourers).

The legend that the Kshatriya were destroyed by Parasurama, the sixth reincarnation of Vishnu, as a punishment for their tyranny is thought by some scholars to reflect a long struggle for supremacy between priests and rulers that ended in victory for the former. By the end of the Vedic era, the Brahmins were supreme, and the Kshatriya had fallen to second place