Our Gotra
Gotra which also means Vansh or linear ancestry starts through a Rishi and reminds us of our ancestors and tells us about our duties.
Through the knowledge of gotra a person comes to know what things he should do and what things he should not do.
The Mul purush of Kaushik gotra is Lomsharma and the Mul purush of Vatsya gotra is Devsharma.
The original surnames of a gotra are called Wangad and from these surnames further bifurcations were made uptil the present surnames. Details of the three gotras are given below
Main Gotras : Kaushik, Vatsya, Bhardwaj
| WANGAD | SURNAMES |
| Kaushik Gotra | |
| Mhale | Shirodkar |
| Harpati | Pesurlekar |
| Vaidya | Vaidya, Hawaldar, Sthalekar, Kopikar etc. |
| Sukhtankar | Sukhtankar, Gatkar, Kuvekar, Karapurkar, Surlekar, Kansarkaudkar, Nilakundkar etc. |
| Bhandari | Bhandakar, Kinnarkar |
| Dhonde | Dhonde |
| Shinsani | Shinsani , Kundaikar etc. |
| Sakhardande | Sakhardande, Kulkarni, Naringrekar etc. |
| Gaitonde | Gaitonde, Hede, Kulkarni, Uskaikar, Kasbekar, Dabholkar, Barade et |
| Ramani | Ramani, Ramayani, Desai etc. |
| Shridhar Pai | Shridhar Pai, Punrekar |
| Rege | Rege, Mantri, Bakshi, Nadkarni, Kulkarni, Aseldekar, Kudchakar, Kotambkar, Talvadkar, Malkanekar, Shirvaikar, Shelekar, Hodarkar, Baladikar, Savardekar, Salavalikar, Surlekar, Sakordekar, Kholkar, Zhankar etc.; |
| Vatsya Gotra | |
| Varde | varde, walawalikar, bharane, borkar, jhak, sabnis, achamani, khasnis, balanavallikar etc. |
| Bhardwaj Gotra; | |
| Panandikar | Panandikar, Paipalandikar, Wangolikar, Kalyankar etc. |
Some more surnames which are also found in the Saraswats are –
Kanvinde, Savani/Sohoni, Mungre, Varty, Angi, Danaeit, Naik, Patgaonkar Naik, Pedave, Kaniki, Tembe, Pandit, Pandit, khandalkar, Chumbade, Kothari, Gaongodkar, Kalankar, Ghate, Dastikar, Badi, Tudati, Herekar, Chinchkhadkar, Sangadkar, Hemadi, Shirur
The wangad of all these surnames are not found as these Mahajans/Kulavis were mostly staying outside gomantak area for a very long time.
Kanvinde, Savani/Sohoni, Mungre, Varty, Angi, Danaeit, Naik, Patgaonkar Naik, Pedave, Kaniki, Tembe, Pandit, Pandit, khandalkar, Chumbade, Kothari, Gaongodkar, Kalankar, Ghate, Dastikar, Badi, Tudati, Herekar, Chinchkhadkar, Sangadkar, Hemadi, Shirur
The wangad of all these surnames are not found as these Mahajans/Kulavis were mostly staying outside gomantak area for a very long time.