The oldest of garimellas known to us is Garimella Venkateswarulu who lived in Icchapuram, a village in the border of Andhra and Orissa. He had two sons.

FAMILY TREE


Venkateswarulu - Venkamma
(Icchapuram)
Seetharamayya Pantulu - Seethamma
1876 –1935 ? - 1966
Savitri
|
Suryanarayana Sastry
 Balijepalli
Jagannadha Rao
|
Venkata Lakshmi
 (Tenneti)
Balarama Murty
|
Kamalamma
(Seemanapalli)
Satyavathi
|
Sankara Rama
Murthy
 (Burra)