Dhananjaya Gotra is a Kshatriya Gotra in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and other states belonging to surya vamsham.
Surnames in 6 Districts of Vishaala Rayalaseema (Nellore, Prakasam, Kadapa, Chittoor, Ananthapuram and Kurnool Districts) are as follows:
- Addhepalli
- Ayyaparaju
- Adluru / Atluri / Atluru
- Dasararaju / Dasariraju / Dasarraju
- Datla
- Danthuluri
- Guntimadugu / Guntumadugu
- Jampana
- Keerthipati
- Nandimandalam
- Rudraraju
- Suraparaju
- Sagiraju
- Sairaju
- Somalaraju
- Vempalle
- Varadaraju
- Viswaraju
- Yellamraju
They belong to "Chandra Vamsam"
Origins
The Maharaja of Vizianagram is descended from the Ranas of Udaipur, one of the most ancient, and, in popular estimation, most illustrious families in India. He is consequently of the Grahilot tribe; and speaks of himself as belonging to the Sisodiya branch, and of the Vasisht gotra. According to the traditions of this famous house, Bijaibhup, one of its members, at a very early period, settled in Ajudhiya, the modern Oudh, whence, in the year 514 of the Saka era, corresponding to 592 A.D., his descendant, Madhavavarma, emigrated to the Telingana country, accompanied by representatives of the Vasisht, Dhanunjaya, Kaundinya, Kasyap, and Bharaddwaj gotras of his own tribe.