 Kuladevata

Kula-dèvatā (), also known as Kuladeva or Kuladevi is an ancestral tutelary deity in Hinduism, who is often the object of one's devotion (bhakti) inorder to coax the god for favours, and to have the god the watch over one's family and children from probable misfortune.This is distinct from Ishta-devata (personal tutelar) and village deities.