Om Kuladevatayai Namah
Mantraॐ कुलदेवतायै नमः
Oṃ Kuladevatāyai Namaḥ
Meaning — I bow to the family deity who guards the lineage.
Recited for: Daily family prayer
Mantras & Slokas
All Family Deities (Kuladevata) chants →Om Ishta Devatayai Namah
Mantraॐ इष्टदेवतायै नमः
Oṃ Iṣṭadevatāyai Namaḥ
Meaning — I bow to the chosen deity of the heart.
Recited for: Japa, personal devotion
Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Slokaसर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः। सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत्॥
Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaḥ Sarve Santu Nirāmayāḥ, Sarve Bhadrāṇi Paśyantu Mā Kaścid Duḥkhabhāg Bhavet
Meaning — May all be happy, may all be free from illness, may all see what is auspicious, may no one suffer.
Recited for: Closing prayer of family pooja
Om Namah Kuladevatabhyah
Pooja Slokaॐ नमः कुलदेवताभ्यः
Oṃ Namaḥ Kuladevatābhyaḥ
Meaning — Salutations to the family deities.
Recited for: Lamp offering at the family shrine
Main Deity
Family Deities (Kuladevata)
कुलदेवता
Kuladevata is the family or clan deity of a household, honoured at weddings, naming ceremonies and family festivals as the guardian of lineage.
- Consort
- Varies by family tradition
- Vahana
- Varies by family tradition
- Abode
- Family shrine, ancestral temple
