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मंगल
Sūtra school: Other·Vedic branch: Ṛgveda
The pravara is the formal recitation of the founding sage and the ancestral ṛṣis recognised by this gotra’s tradition — used in śrāddha and ritual invocations.
Founder
Mangal
Pravara (3 ṛṣis)
Endogamous and regional communities historically attested with this gotra. Not exhaustive — contributors extend the registry as evidence surfaces.
Gotras whose pravara chain shares at least one ṛṣi with mangal — the axis the pravara-prohibition marriage rule is checked on.
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Shared ṛṣis: 3
Shared ṛṣis: 3
One of the 18 Agarwal (Aggarwal) surname-gotras; the surname 'Mangal' IS the gotra (endogamy unit). No attested Vedic pravaradhyaya chain — the Angirasa gana association is by community tradition only.
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Check marriage compatibility →Publicly-shared, verified family lineage records anchored to the mangal gotra. Each row is a contributor’s chosen surface of their gotra + kuladevataa + ancestral village.
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