I Am Proud To Be Patnaik is a English group. It is a CLOSED group. They attracted 1,988 members. So it is a Medium group. 304782669544259 is the identifier of this group with Facebook. We last updated on 2015-02-01 14:35:03.
In Brief :- Patnaik's are Karanas, hence forward caste.
Patnaik are Forward caste they are other wise called as Bhrama
Kshyatriyas. Meaning on Patnaik is Pat : Intelligent Naik: King. This is a Sanskrit word.
They are also called as Karana's. History says they are part of Harsha & Kalinga dynasty.
About This Group :- Why proud to be a Patnaik?! - Well, one should always feel proud of their mother , motherland , community and this doesn't mean we are totally caste addicted. We are not against any Caste.. Other religions are well respected here. People do post wishes for RAMZAN , CHRISTMAS etc.. So, according to us all are equal here however this group is particularly for Patnaiks..We believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been at every living moment of caste, culture and tradition a 'Will to renewal'..
In Detail:- Karanam or Karana is a caste mostly prevalent in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. In Orissa this is spelled as Karana and in Andhra Pradesh it is spelt as Karanam. In Andhra Pradesh, they are also called as Sristikaranam, Sistukaranam, Sistakaranam, Sristikaranalu, Sistukaranalu, Sistakaranalu or Karanalu.The Karanam community of Andhrapradesh were 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 settlled in different part of the mighty kingdom of Vijayanagara and were appointed in various official work fields like accounts, court, Govt duties or tax, solving the internal problems in villages, collecting the information, statistics, look after village karanam work etc.Gradually the Karanam community adopted telugu language.Still Karnalu,a special form of mix language 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, Prakasam, Guntur) karana caste people are known as telugu karana or oriya karana or sometimes used interchangeably. Since Patnaik is the most common surname, it is used interchangeably with Karana .