Bharadwaja (भरद्वाज / भारद्वाज)

Bharadwaja (भरद्वाज / भारद्वाज)

bharadwaj ke bare me jankari 

Bharadwaja (भरद्वाज / भारद्वाज) was one of the greatest Hindu Arya sages (Maharshis) descendant of rishi Angirasa, whose accomplishments are detailed in the Puranas. He was one of the Saptarshis (Seven Great Sages Rishi) in the present Manvantara; with others being Atri, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni, Kashyapa. Bharadwaja rishi was father of Dronacharya and grand father of Ashwatthama. Bharadwaja Maharshi, a sage of the Vedic period, is renowned for his thirst for knowledge. He attained extraordinary scholarship and the power of meditation.

History

Bharadwaj as Gotra means people who are the descendants of Rishi Bharadwaj. Rishi Bharadwaj was the son of sage Brihaspati. Sage Brihaspati was the son of Rishi Angiras. These 3 rishis are called the traya rishi of the Bharadwaja Gotra.in earlier days Sages were only Brahmins excepting Sage Vishwamitra. Also all the warrior brahmins became Kshatriyas later. Later all the business minded Kshatriyas became vaishyas. Hence there are people of all the three communities having a common Gotra especially Bhardwaj Gotra. Guru Dronacharya was the son of sage Bharadwaj.(more sattada srivaishnavas are belongs to this gotra)

Gotra

In India, Bharadwaja is an ancestor of Brahmin People belonging to the Bharadwaja gotra. Bharadwaja who is the great grand son of Lord Brahma is the root for his clan, Bharadwaja gotra( eg: Rajpurohit ).

Inhabitance

North India(Pancha Gauda Brahmins) Kashmir Himachal Pradesh: around 60% of Brahmins have Bharadwaja as their gotra. Punjab: around 45% of Brahmins have Bharadwaja as their gotra. Haryana: around 40%-45% of Brahmins have Bharadwaja as their gotra. Rajasthan: around 35% of Rajasthani Brahmins have Bharadwaja as their gotra and kuldevta as Shri Lakshmi Narsimha. Uttrakhand South India(Pancha Dravida Brahmins) Maharashtra Vaidiki velanadi brahmans in Coastal Andhra Pradesh Karnataka: Among Smartha and Madhawa Brahmins Tamil Nadu: Among Iyers and Iyengars Namboodiri Brahmins In Kerala. Mostly found in the Brahmins who migrated southwards from Kannauj and we also founds some of this into gujarat

Our bharadwaja rishi where honored by load ram as follows : 

where load Ram was on banishment - वनवास  for 14 years. In woods one day he met with our great rishi Bharadwaja into his ashram. Load Ram was prostrated - दण्डवत करना into there honor. Some what arms & Technics for war was also given ti load Ram for future war of Ram & Ravan
( this information is taken from Ramayana - संक्षिप्त रामायन : श्लोक : 15 )

 this information is given by very know veda's guidelines about our bharadwaja gotra with its sanskrti shloka and its hindi translations