Kuldevta

Kuldevta

Kuldaiwat kuldev, kuldevta, "(kula-devata)", stands for "family deity" within Hinduism, as a distinction from personal ishta-devata or village deities.

In Practice

Every Hindu family has its own family deity. The word Kul means family or clan and Devata means deity. Hindu families make a pilgrimage to the Kuldevata temple to obtain blessing of the deity after an auspious occasion such as a wedding.In Maharashtra, the Kuldevatas are mainly manifestations of Siva or Shakti such as Khandoba or Bhavani respectively. Balaji of Tirupati is another wellknown Kuldevta. Surprisingly, Vishnu or his incarnations are only rarely worshipped as the the Kuldevta despite most Hindus belonging to the Vaishnav tradition.

External links

* Ishta-devata


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