The following sub-divisions are recorded by Mr. Stuart [107] as being the most important:-- Ayodhya, or Oudh, where Rama is reputed to have lived. The sub-division is found in Madura and Tinnevelly. They are very proud of their supposed connection with Oudh. At the commencement of the marriage ceremony, the bride's party asks the bridegroom's who they are, and the answer is that they are Ayodhya Reddis. A similar question is then asked by the bridegroom's party, and the bride's friends reply that they are Mithila Reddis. Balija. The chief Telugu trading caste. Many of the Balijas are now engaged in cultivation, and this accounts for so many having returned Kapu as their main caste, for Kapu is a common Telugu word for a ryot or cultivator. It is not improbable that there was once a closer connection than now between the Kapus and Balijas. Bhumanchi (good earth). Desur. Possibly residents originally of a place called Desur, though some derive the word from deha, body, and sura, valour, saying that they were renowned for their courage. Gandi Kottai. Found in Madura and Tinnevelly. Named after Gandi Kota in the Ceded districts, whence they are said to have emigrated southward. Gazula (glass bangle makers). A sub-division of the Balijas. They are said to have two sections, called Naga (cobra) and Tabelu (tortoise), and, in some places, to keep their women gosha. Kammapuri. These seem to be Kammas, who, in some places, pass as Kapus. Some Kammas, for example, who have settled in the city of Madras, call themselves Kapu or Reddi. Morasa. A sub-division of the Vakkaligas. The Verala icche Kapulu, or Kapus who give the fingers, have a custom which requires that, when a grandchild is born in a family, the wife of the eldest son of the grandfather must have the last two joints of the third and fourth fingers of her right hand amputated at a temple of Bhairava. Nerati, Nervati, or Neradu. Most numerous in Kurnool, and the Ceded districts. Oraganti. Said to have formerly worked in the salt-pans. The name is possibly a corruption of Warangal, capital of the Pratapa Rudra. Pakanati. Those who come from the eastern country (prak nadu). Palle. In some places, the Pallis who have settled in the Telugu country call themselves Palle Kapulu, and give as their gotra Jambumaha Rishi, which is the gotra of the Pallis. Though they do not intermarry with the Kapus, the Palle Kapulu may interdine with them. Panta (Panta, a crop). The largest sub-division of all. Pedaganti or Pedakanti. By some said to be named after a place called Pedagallu. By others the word is said to be derived from peda, turned aside, and kamma eye, indicating one who turns his eyes away from the person who speaks to him. Another suggestion is that it means stiff-necked. The Pedakantis are said to be known by their arrogance.