NAKHATE FAMILY IS ONE OF THE WELL KNOWN FAMILIE'S IN ADONI (EVER SINCE THE FORMATION OF ADONI). THERE ARE AROUND 150 NAKHATE PEOPLE STILL LIVING IN ADONI AND OTHERS ARE SETTLED IN DIFFERENT CITIES. NAKHATE'S BELONGS TO MADHWA BRAHMINS COMMUNITY AND WAS THERE DURING THE REGIME OF NAWAB DURING WHICH HIS HOLYNESS SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMIJI WENT TO BRUNDHAVANAM IN MANTRALAYAM. LATE SRI. NAKHATE VENKAT NAIK PLAYED VITAL ROLE WHEN SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMIJI WANTED SOME LAND FOR THE SAKE OF HIS BRUNDAVANAM FROM NAVABJI AS NAKHATE.VENKAT NAIK WAS IN MAJOR POSITION IN THE NAVABJI'S DYNESTY. STILL NAKHATE FAMILY IS VERY MUCH RESPECTABLE FAMILY BECAUSE OF THEIR CULTURE AND GOODWILL WITH ALL OTHER COMMUNITIES AND CASTES.
OM SRI RAGHAVENDRAYA NAMAHA.