Chintpurni, Jawalamukhi and Jawalapur pandas
Tirtha purohit seat, Tirtha purohits
Himachal Pradesh
Pandas at the Himachal shrines of Chintpurni and Jawalamukhi, and at Jawalapur near Haridwar, keep records for hill and Punjabi families.
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
Microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
Tirthas
- Chintpurni
- Jawalamukhi
- Jawalapur
The deity
Jwala Devi: legend, worship and other shrinesNote
- 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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