Kurukshetra and Pehowa pandas

Tirtha purohit seat, Tirtha purohits

Kurukshetra, Haryana

Pandas at Kurukshetra and Pehowa serve Punjabi families from both sides of the border. Pehowa is the tirtha for rites after an untimely death.

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

Arranged by caste. Some registers are on FamilySearch microfilm.

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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