[MizzDaizzy]

The research is revealing and should be continued to its full course for the knowledge of the community. So the word Gotra has relevance and confirm descendency. But verification of this may open pandora's box. Somewhere some time infiltration could have taken place which would now be embarassing to correct. Therefore it becomes necessary to continue religious practices and rituals.One has to be a brahmin to know what it is to be a brahmin let any body assault him. In the circumstances it is all the more necessary that we impart this and many other related knowledge to our descendants.

I am not quoting the following as wit or humour but to instruct ourselves better. A brahmin father was performing 'upanayana' ceremony to his only son. In the process, as is customary, the 'purohitar' asked the 'gruhastar' what is his son's gotra. Pat came the reply from the father, "mine is this. I do not know what my son's gotra is"! We are not sure even if the lineage is legitimate, the name of gotra could have been heard wrong or carried down wrongly.

The above instance instructs us to be careful. Thus arises an opportunity. What if we all
suffix the name of gotra to our name as surname. Already, many of us have difficulty in explaining our ‘surnameless’ name outside the south. The suffix could read like “Haritha Rg” or “Haritha Yj”/Sa. There should be a unified and concerted (or sponsored?) effort to effect this necessary change.

Talking of Vedas, nowadays the ‘shastrigals’ nearly overlook the veda of the ‘karta’, much less the ‘sutra’ he belongs to, assuming all are ‘Yajur vedis’. There had been a practice to enquire about relevant details from ‘gruhastar’. This practice is also being given a go by. It is time we corrected all anomolies in our day-to-day religious practice to claim to be real brahmins.