Prayagraj: At a time when the district administration has started taking up projects in the wake of Mahakumbh-2025, the pandas (priests) of the Sangam in Prayagraj are known for their documented family chronicles of large numbers of devotees across the country. is not behind.
Several prominent pandas in the city have started digitizing the family history of the devotees which is currently recorded on paper. After practice, these pandas will be able to find out the details of the ‘Jajman’ (customer-disciple) with the click of the mouse.
These ‘Tirthapurohits’ at the Sangam host many pilgrims every year and their numbers increase manifold during the Kumbh (held every 6 years) and Maha Kumbh (Held every 12 years). To ensure that the religious ceremonies of his disciples are performed only through him, these priests keep ‘bahiyas’ (genealogical record-books) of several generations of their clients.
Now their ‘treasury’ document is being digitized to preserve the genealogy recorded in old papers. Every page is being scanned and kept in the data bank. If a jajman asks for information about his lineage, it will be received within a minute on the basis of his name, place, district and caste and will be sent to the customer via WhatsApp or email.
“On the sandy banks of the Ganges, thousands of devotees perform Kalpavas in the month of Magha. People from all over the country and abroad come to do Pind Daan during the Pitru Paksha. If a devotee wants to know who was the last person in their family who came to the Sangam, the date, age, name, address etc. can be found in these documents, which preserve the names and signatures of their ancestors. ‘Jajman’,” said a panda.
Also, if a customer does not come for many years, priests try to contact him at the same address to inquire about his health and well-being. This leads to constant communication between the two sides.
“The genealogy of most of the jajmans is hundreds of years old and many papers have been damaged. Purohit Govind Mishra said that digitization of records is being done to preserve it. They feel that digitization has facilitated a lot.
As the priest who preserved the genealogy of the people said, “Earlier, pages had to be turned for hours, now all the information is revealed in a few seconds.” VHP Patron Ashok Singhal, Former Union Minister Gopinath Munde etc.
70,000-80,000 customers connected Prayagwal Thali ,marked) Panda. Apart from Hindi, the genealogy is also in Persian and Sanskrit languages.
The priests of these pilgrims have a 300-400 year old lineage. In order to get the name easily, the name of the village and city is entered according to the sequence of Hindi letters.
According to Prayag Dharmasangh President, Rajendra PaliwalDozens of priests are going for the digitization of genealogy. So far, the genealogy of several generations of 10,000-15,000 people has been digitized.
Several prominent pandas in the city have started digitizing the family history of the devotees which is currently recorded on paper. After practice, these pandas will be able to find out the details of the ‘Jajman’ (customer-disciple) with the click of the mouse.
These ‘Tirthapurohits’ at the Sangam host many pilgrims every year and their numbers increase manifold during the Kumbh (held every 6 years) and Maha Kumbh (Held every 12 years). To ensure that the religious ceremonies of his disciples are performed only through him, these priests keep ‘bahiyas’ (genealogical record-books) of several generations of their clients.
Now their ‘treasury’ document is being digitized to preserve the genealogy recorded in old papers. Every page is being scanned and kept in the data bank. If a jajman asks for information about his lineage, it will be received within a minute on the basis of his name, place, district and caste and will be sent to the customer via WhatsApp or email.
“On the sandy banks of the Ganges, thousands of devotees perform Kalpavas in the month of Magha. People from all over the country and abroad come to do Pind Daan during the Pitru Paksha. If a devotee wants to know who was the last person in their family who came to the Sangam, the date, age, name, address etc. can be found in these documents, which preserve the names and signatures of their ancestors. ‘Jajman’,” said a panda.
Also, if a customer does not come for many years, priests try to contact him at the same address to inquire about his health and well-being. This leads to constant communication between the two sides.
“The genealogy of most of the jajmans is hundreds of years old and many papers have been damaged. Purohit Govind Mishra said that digitization of records is being done to preserve it. They feel that digitization has facilitated a lot.
As the priest who preserved the genealogy of the people said, “Earlier, pages had to be turned for hours, now all the information is revealed in a few seconds.” VHP Patron Ashok Singhal, Former Union Minister Gopinath Munde etc.
70,000-80,000 customers connected Prayagwal Thali ,marked) Panda. Apart from Hindi, the genealogy is also in Persian and Sanskrit languages.
The priests of these pilgrims have a 300-400 year old lineage. In order to get the name easily, the name of the village and city is entered according to the sequence of Hindi letters.
According to Prayag Dharmasangh President, Rajendra PaliwalDozens of priests are going for the digitization of genealogy. So far, the genealogy of several generations of 10,000-15,000 people has been digitized.