Karanam
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Karanam or Karana is a community mostly prevalent in Orissa
and Andhra Pradesh
.
The Karanam community of Andhra pradesh migrated from Cuttack and Puri District of Orissa to look after various royal management of different dynasties of Kalinga-Utkala (ancient Orissa) empire and after the northern portion of present day Andhra Pradesh was occupied by Vijaya Nagaram King from Orissa's Gajapati Empire, these Karana Community settled in different part of the mighty kingdom of Vijayanagara and were appointed in various official work fields like accounts, court, Government duties or tax, solving the internal problems in villages, collecting the information, statistics, look after the village of Karanam and other duties. Gradually the Karanam community adopted Telugu language. Still Karnalu, a mixed form of the languages of Telugu & Oriya prevalent in the Karanam community of Andhra Pradesh. In the border district of Orissa (Koraput, Rayagada, Nowrangpur, Ganjam, Paralakhemundi) and Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam, Vizianagram, Srikakulam). Patnaik is the most common surname.
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
and Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
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Names
In Orissa, this class is referred to as Karana, and in Andhra Pradesh they are also called Sristikaranam, Sistukaranam, Sistakaranam, Sristikaranalu, Sistukaranalu, Sistakaranalu or Karanalu.The Karanam community of Andhra pradesh migrated from Cuttack and Puri District of Orissa to look after various royal management of different dynasties of Kalinga-Utkala (ancient Orissa) empire and after the northern portion of present day Andhra Pradesh was occupied by Vijaya Nagaram King from Orissa's Gajapati Empire, these Karana Community settled in different part of the mighty kingdom of Vijayanagara and were appointed in various official work fields like accounts, court, Government duties or tax, solving the internal problems in villages, collecting the information, statistics, look after the village of Karanam and other duties. Gradually the Karanam community adopted Telugu language. Still Karnalu, a mixed form of the languages of Telugu & Oriya prevalent in the Karanam community of Andhra Pradesh. In the border district of Orissa (Koraput, Rayagada, Nowrangpur, Ganjam, Paralakhemundi) and Andhra Pradesh (Visakhapatnam, Vizianagram, Srikakulam). Patnaik is the most common surname.