Those with the last name Nanduri are said to hail from the village of Nanduru which is near

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and

Ponnur Ponnur is a major city/town in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. A road to Chandole goes south-east and comes to Nidubrolu, where there is a temple with a stone-bearing inscription recording the erection of 90 temples ...

, small towns in the

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of Andhra Pradesh, India. There is a village called Nanduru in

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of Andhra Pradesh as well which leads to some ambiguity. Those with this last name could be

Niyogi Niyogi Brahmin is a Telugu Brahmin subcaste native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, but are spread throughout South India and Maharashtra. The traditional occupations of the Niyogi Brahmins are settled cultivation and ...

Brahmins or Sri Vaishnava Brahmins or they could also be from a caste other than the

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caste. One of the other known caste is

Bhatraju Bhatraju (also Transliteration, transliterated as Bhatrazu) is an Indian caste of Telugu language, Telugu-speaking ballad reciters, poets, Panegyric, panegyrists, and religious musicians. They are primarily found in the states of Andhra Pradesh ...

. For the most part, those with this last name are predominantly Brahmins. Many have migrated from Nanduru and they have settled in various part of Andhra Pradesh. Some are known to have settled in a village known as Lingala, which in located in the

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of Andhra Pradesh. Lingala is said to have been ruled by kings with the last name Nanduri hundreds of years ago. People with the last name are also prevalent in the Indian state of Maharashtra. In Maharashtra, near the city Nashik through which the Godavari River flows, there exists a village called Nandur(i), pronounced Nāndūr. Inhabitants of this village are mostly of the

Deshastha Brahmin Deshastha Brahmin is a Hinduism, Hindu Brahmin caste, subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and North Karnataka. Other than these states, according to authors K. S. Singh, Gregory Naik and Pran Nath Chopra, Deshastha Brahmins a ...

sub-caste. Notable people with the name Nanduri include: *

Nanduri Venkata Subba Rao Nanduri Venkata Subbarao F.A., B.A., B.L. (16 December 1895 – 29 May 1957) was a famous Telugu poet. His famous works include ''Yenki Patalu'' (an anthology of songs on and by a woman called Yenki). He was born in Vasanthavada in West God ...

, Telugu poet known for his ''Yenki Paatalu'' * Nanduri Prasada Rao, freedom fighter *

Nanduri Ramamohanarao Nanduri Ramamohanarao (24 April 1927 – 2 September 2011) was a Telugu writer and journalist. He worked in multiple roles in ''Andhra Jyothy'' Telugu newspaper since its inception in 1960 till his retirement in 1994. He translated numerous works ...

, author, journalist, former editor of ''Andhrajyothy'' Naduri is also the name of a traditional Georgian folk song.

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{{Surname links, Nanduri Surnames Etymology

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