What are India's beliefs?
Religion in India
Many Hindu families have their own family patron deity or the Kuladaivat.[93] This deity is common to a lineage or a clan of several families who are connected to each other through a common ancestor.[93][94] The Khandoba of Jejuri is an example of a Kuladaivat of some Maharashtrian families; he is a common Kuladaivat to several castes ranging from Brahmins to Dalits.[95] The practice of worshipping local or territorial deities as Kuladaivats began in the period of the Yadava dynasty.[94] Other family deities of the people of Maharashtra are Bhavani of Tuljapur, Mahalaxmi of Kolhapur,  Renuka of Mahur, and Balaji of Tirupati.