Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Pūsapāti

by Edgar Thurston

Pūsapāti.— The family name of the Mahārājahs of Vizianagram. From the Kshatriyas in Rājputāna people of four gōtrams are said to have come to the Northern Circars several centuries ago, having the Pūsapāti family at their head.*^[1] The name of the present Mahārāja is Mirza Rājah Sri Pūsapāti Viziarāma Gajapati Rāj Manya Sultān Bahādur Gāru.

1. * Manual of the Vizagapatam district.