Nandavarika's-I

Nandavariki's are a subsect of Niyogi's. Traditionally, they are not supposed to marry outside their subsect.
There is a legend on the evolution of this subsect.
A king by name 'Nanda'who had yogic powers of astral travel was stranded in Benares because of non function of those powers. Then some Brahmins there helped him out of the fix on the condition that the king provides for them in his King dom in Karnataka.Goddess Choudeswari alone was a witness to this deal. later, the king backs out, but the brahmins prove themselves by bringing in Godess Choudeswari to offer evidence in their favour.The king is convinced and provides for these brahmins in Nandavaram.Since they hail from Nandavaram, they were later known as Nandavariki's