Gayawal pandas, Vishnupad
गयावाल पंडा
Tirtha purohit seat, Tirtha purohits (Madhva)
Gaya, Bihar
Gaya is the main funerary tirtha for Bihar and eastern India. The Gayawal priests follow the Uttaradi Math. Counts of Gayawal families range from 125 to over 250.
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
Gayawal pothis have been treated as authoritative in property cases. They are not online. The state runs a pind daan portal.
Website
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Note
- Its records are a priest family's private property.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked November 2026. Heads, courts and websites change, so entries are checked again every year.
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