Find Your Family Deity Temple

How to find your family's kula deivam temple

A short research workflow — start with your community (caste) name; village and gotra are optional filters.

1. 1
   Confirm your community (caste) name

   The search requires the community name as its anchor -- that's the one anchor you can't skip. Ask the oldest living elders how they write the community name, including any traditional spelling variants. Optional extras you may also know: the ancestral village in Tamil Nadu or neighbouring states, and the gotra (clan lineage).

2. 2
   Search the directory

   Enter the community name into the search form above; village and gotra are optional filters that narrow the result set when you have them. The tool matches against two sources: the 1909 Thurston "Castes and Tribes of Southern India" index and community-submitted records.

3. 3
   Review the results carefully

   Each result is marked Verified, Historical (1909), or Community sourced. Verified records have been confirmed by multiple families; historical records reflect practices from over a century ago and some temples may have changed. Note the match confidence badge.

4. 4
   Confirm with your elders

   Before treating the finding as settled, cross-check with the oldest living relatives who know the family's traditional observances. The directory is a research starting point, not a replacement for lived family memory.

5. 5
   Save to your family tree

   Once confirmed, sign in to any free Explorer account and save the kula deivam record directly to your family tree so it stays with the lineage for future generations.

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