Hindu genealogy registers at Kurukshetra, Haryana

As Kurukshetra has traditionally been a site, for death rites and also Shraaddha, amongst Hindus, it soon also became customary for the family pandits (priest) to record each visit of the family, along with their gotra, family tree, marriages and members present etc., grouped according to family and home town. And over the centuries, these registers became an important genealogical source for many families, part of splintered families, in tracing their family tree and family history as well, especially after the Partition of India in 1947, and later amongst the Indian diaspora.

In India, Charans are the Bards who traditionally keep the written genealogy records of various castes. Some notable places where traditional genealogy records are kept include: Hindu genealogy registers at Kurukshetra, Haryana; Hindu genealogy registers at Peohwa, Haryana; Hindu genealogy registers at Haridwar (largest genealogy registers in north India); Hindu genealogy registers at Chintpurni, Himachal Pradesh; Hindu genealogy registers at Jawalamukhi, Himachal Pradesh; Hindu genealogy registers at Varanasi and Hindu genealogy registers at Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra. This custom is similar to Panjis or Panji Prabandh, the extensive genealogical records maintained among Maithil Brahmins in Bihar.

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