BHARADWAJ GOTRA BRAHAMIN

Bharadwaj 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 Bharadwaj 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. All the descendants of Bharadwaj Gotra display warrior skills because sage Bharadwaj married a Kshatriya woman called Suseela. According to Anuloma marriage, the offspring’s who are born to a Brahmin father and a Kshatriya woman take the characteristics of Kshatriya though technically being a Brahmin. Hence the Brahmin descendants of Bharadwaj Gotra are referred to as Brahma-Kshatriyas (Warrior Brahmins).
Bharadwaj was one of the greatest Hindu sages (Maharsi's) descendants of Rishi Angira, whose accomplishments are detailed in the Puranas. Bharadwaj Rishi was father of Dronacharya and grand father of Ashwatthama. Bharadwaj Maharshi, a sage of the Vedic period, is renowned for his thirst for knowledge. He attained extraordinary scholarship and the power of meditation. He was one of the Saptarshis (Seven Great Sages Rishi) in the present Manvantara; with others being Atri, Vashishtha, Vishwamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni, Kashyapa