Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri purohits

Tirtha purohit seat, Tirtha purohits

Uttarakhand

Tirtha purohits at the four Char Dham shrines, including the Devprayag pandas of Badrinath. The Teerth Purohit Samaj Shri Kedarnath speaks for the Kedarnath priests. Some Kedarnath records were lost in the 2013 flood.

How a family belongs

Each panda lineage holds hereditary rights over families from particular areas. A family's panda is found by its ancestral village, district and caste, not by gotra or surname.

What it records

Offline.

Tirthas

  • Kedarnath
  • Badrinath (Devprayag pandas)
  • Gangotri
  • Yamunotri

Note

  • Its records are a priest family's private property.

Sources

Confidence: medium. Last checked November 2026. Heads, courts and websites change, so entries are checked again every year.

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