 Similalrly, Rajbhandaris are appointed as the traditional care-takers, treasurers, the chief non-Vedic assistant-priests of Pashupatinath Temple of Kathmandu and few (mostly bhaktapur) were involved in the military during the malla rule.Presently, 108 Rajbhandaris perform rituals as assistant priests and chief patrons of the various temples in the Pashupati area.Rajbhandaris claim to be descendants of the Suryavansha and Agnivansha Rajput kings who migrated to the Kathmandu valley during Malla rule, and presently, Rajbhandaris belong to the high-caste Kshatriya (pronounced "Chathariya") Newārs, marrying among other clans such as Malla (मल्ल), Māskay (मास्के), Joshi (जोशी), Pradhānanga (प्रधानांग), Pradhān (प्रधान), Acharya/Karmāchārya (आचार्य), Amātya (अमात्य), Vaidhya (वैद्य), etc.