Gavaras, Gowri puthrulu, Gowriyulu or Gavara Naidu are one of the many small communities or caste of Andhra who live mostly in the north coastal districts. Large concentrations of Gavara population are distributed in and around Anakapalle in Visakhapatnam district. A few isolated villages in Vizianagaram, East Godavari and West Godavaridistricts are also inhabited by Gavaras. There is a significant population in Tamil Nadu as well. A large number of Gavara families from these villages migrated to other parts of India mainly as Railway employees and workers in Steel factories.
A similarly named Kavarai community is prominent in southern Andhra and Tamil Nadu. Although they share a common name and profession the Kavarai are related to the Balija Naidu community.Both the communities are not connected and there is very little social interaction between them
Notable People
Dr. Beesetti Venkata Satyavathi – MP, Anakapalli
Sri Pethakamsetty.G.V.R. NAIDU (GANA BABU) – MLA, Visakhapatnam West
Sri Peela Govinda Satyanarayana – Ex. MLA, Anakapalli
Sri Buddha Venkanna – MLC, Vijayawada
Sri Konathala Rama Krishna – Political Leader; Ex. MP, MLA, Minister of Commercial Taxes
Sri Dadi Veera Bhadra Rao – Political Leader; Ex MLA, MLC
Sri Malla Vijaya Prasad – Ex. MLA, Film Producer
Sri Adari Tulasi Rao Chairman Visakha Diary
Sri Konatala Lakshminarayana Rao President Merchant Assn Anakapalli, Chairman Sri Gowri Kalyana vedika & Chief patron GAWARAWORLDWIDE organisation
Sri Prof Kanisetty Venkata Ramana – Former Vice-Chancellor AU
Sri Surisetti Kishore – District Magistrate & Collector Howrah, IAS officer
Sri Beesetti Lakshman Rao ( Cinema story writer & journalist)
Sri Pentakota Satyanarayana Superintendent of Police (Retired)
Sri Dadi Nagendra Kumar IPS, Joint CP, Vijayawada, A.P
