Kuladevata
(कुलदेवता)Literal Meaning
The family or clan deity
Etymology & Sanskrit Root
'Kula' (family, lineage) plus 'devata' (deity); the specific deity worshipped by a particular family or clan across generations, often connected to ancestral origin or a family's traditional occupation and geography.
Spiritual Insight & Context
Kuladevata worship links personal devotion to family memory and geography — often the strongest evidence of where a family originally migrated from, encoded in ritual rather than written record.