Temple Priest, Purohit and Temple Committee Record Name Mismatch in Uttarakhand
For teerth purohits, priests, temple staff and families holding traditional rights at Badrinath, Kedarnath and other shrines in Uttarakhand, whose name in the temple committee's records, identity cards or lists differs from Aadhaar, the family register or the bank: who corrects each record, and why a Gazette does not touch traditional rights.
A temple record name mismatch is a priest's, purohit's, employee's or rights holder's name in temple records differing from Aadhaar or the family register. Correct Aadhaar or the family register first where wrong, then ask the temple committee in writing to correct its record. Heirs prove the family link. A Gazette does not alter traditional rights.
At Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, priestly families have served pilgrims for generations, and temple staff run the shrines each season. Their names sit in committee registers, identity cards and lists of rights holders, often in old or short forms. A temple record name mismatch is such a name differing from Aadhaar. This page explains temple record name mismatch.
We do not deal with temple committees, and this subject needs no Gazette. The law is from the 2021 repeal Act. For pilgrims, read Char Dham yatra registration.
What Is Temple Administration, in Brief?
- Badrinath and Kedarnath. Managed by the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee.
- The law. The 1939 temple Act, revived in 2021.
- Other shrines. Run by their own local bodies.
- Who is recorded. Priests, staff and traditional rights holders.
- Why names matter. Duties, pay, passes and inheritance of rights.
The committee keeps its own records. It corrects them too.
What Is Published?
From the 2021 repeal Act, as published by the High Court of Uttarakhand, and reports of 2021 and 2022.
| Point | What is published |
|---|---|
| 2019 | The Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act brought 51 temples under one board |
| Protest | Teerth purohits agitated against it from 2019 |
| 2021 | The Repeal Act, Uttarakhand Act 26 of 2021, repealed the 2019 Act and revived the 1939 temple Act |
| Earlier actions | Things done under the repealed Act stay in force so far as they fit the revived Act |
| 2022 | The Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee was reconstituted, reports said |
The fourth row matters if your name was entered in the board's time.
Where Is Your Name Written?
| Record | Kept by | Where it is corrected |
|---|---|---|
| Committee registers and lists | The temple committee or body | That committee |
| Identity cards and season passes | The committee or administration | The issuer |
| Aadhaar | The identity authority | An Aadhaar centre |
| Family register | The village or town office | That office |
| Bank account | The bank | The branch |
The family register proves the family. The committee follows it and Aadhaar.
What Kinds of Mismatch Are There?
An old or short form
- A list written generations ago
- Aadhaar has the full name
- The committee corrects it
A staff record
- A service book with a slip
- Pay or pension affected
- The committee as employer
A right passing on
- A father's name in the list
- The son or daughter claims
- The link proved
The first two are records. The third may be a question of right. Know which.
Which Case Is Yours?
| The situation | Route | Gazette? |
|---|---|---|
| A short form in a committee list | The temple committee | No |
| The family register differs | The village office | No |
| A right passing to an heir | Legal heir papers | No |
| A disputed succession | Succession certificate, with advice | No |
| Pay to a bank account | Bank records | No |
| A local guide or porter registration | Tourist guide registration | No |
| A pilgrim's yatra registration | Char Dham registration | No |
| A change of name by choice | Gazette, then the rest | Yes |
A Gazette appears once in eight rows, and never decides a right.
How Do You Put It Right?
This is the general method. Each committee has its own procedure.
Step 1: Read your name in the temple committee's or local body's record
Identity card, list or register.
Step 2: Put your Aadhaar and the family register beside it
They prove who you are and your family.
Step 3: Correct Aadhaar or the family register where they are wrong
At their own offices.
Step 4: Ask the temple committee or local body to correct its record
In writing, with your papers.
Step 5: For a family right passing to an heir, prove the link
Death certificate and legal heir papers.
Step 6: Use the same name for yatra season passes
Police and administration check them.
Step 7: Keep payments in your own bank account
Salaries, honoraria or dues.
Step 8: Keep copies of every record
For disputes and succession.
What About Priests and Purohits?
- Teerth purohits serve pilgrims, often by family tradition.
- Their names may be in committee lists and identity cards.
- Old lists may carry short or family names.
- Ask the committee to correct the list to your Aadhaar name.
- Give your family register as proof of family.
- Keep a copy of the corrected record.
Read family register.
What About Temple Staff?
- The committee employs staff at the shrines and offices.
- Their service records follow the committee's rules.
- A slip in a service book affects pay and pension.
- Apply to the committee, as employer, with your papers.
- Keep pay in your own account in the same name.
- Records made in the board's time may continue under the revived Act.
Read bank records.
What About Traditional Rights and Heirs?
- Some families hold long-standing rights at the shrines.
- When a holder dies, the right may pass by custom and law.
- Heirs prove the link with death and legal heir papers.
- Names in old lists may differ from heirs' Aadhaar.
- Disputes over who holds a right are for the committee and the courts.
- A Gazette does not decide or change a right.
Read legal heir certificate and succession certificate.
What About the Yatra Season?
- During the yatra, administrations may issue passes to priests and staff.
- Passes are checked against identity papers.
- Use your Aadhaar name on the pass.
- Pilgrims register separately.
- Local guides and porters have their own registrations.
- Keep your papers on you at the shrine.
What About Other Shrines?
- Gangotri, Yamunotri and many other temples have their own local bodies.
- Haridwar's pandas keep their own family registers of pilgrims.
- Each body corrects its own records.
- The same rule applies: follow Aadhaar.
- Keep proof of family with the family register.
- Ask the body for its procedure.
Read Char Dham registration.
Where Does a Gazette Come In?
Not for a short form, and never for a right. Only where a person has changed a name by choice.
Step 1: Confirm that your name has in fact changed
A short form in a temple list is not a change of name.
Step 2: Remember that traditional rights are not changed by a Gazette
A Gazette records only your own name.
Step 3: Fix the exact new name
The spelling for Aadhaar and the temple record.
Step 4: Make the affidavit and publish the newspaper notice
Sign before a notary. Publish in a daily local leading newspaper, and keep the original newspaper.
Step 5: Type the form and sign the undertaking
Two typed copies of the specimen, signed in your old name with two witnesses, and the undertaking.
Step 6: Prepare the CD, photographs and certificate
The same text on a CD in MS Word, two self-attested photographs with identity proof, and a certificate that both copies match.
Step 7: Pay the charge on BharatKosh
Commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult. It is not refunded.
Step 8: Send the file yourself, then update in order
Send it to the Controller of Publications, Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054. Then Aadhaar and the temple record.
Which Gazette Should You Use?
The temple law is the state's, Aadhaar and the bank central. The Gazette of India serves both.
Step 1: Remember whose law this is
The 1939 temple Act, revived by the state in 2021.
Step 2: Remember what else is read
Aadhaar and the bank, which are central.
Step 3: Either Gazette may serve a state record
A state notice may suit it.
Step 4: Prefer the Gazette of India if Aadhaar and the bank must change
It serves both.
Step 5: Download the notice
Search egazette.gov.in and save the PDF.
For the difference between the two, read Uttarakhand Gazette vs Gazette of India.
Which Mistakes Happen?
| Mistake | What to do |
|---|---|
| Leaving an old short form in the list | Ask for correction |
| Asking orally only | Write to the committee |
| No family register proof | Bring it |
| An heir without legal heir papers | Get them |
| Thinking a Gazette settles a right | It does not |
| A season pass in a nickname | The Aadhaar name |
| Pay into a relative's account | Your own |
| Changing Aadhaar to the old list | Correct the list |
| Paying anyone to be listed | Never |
A typical case we handle: a young purohit from a family that has served at a Char Dham shrine for generations found the committee's list still named his late father by a short form, with no entry for him. His Aadhaar and the family register named both correctly. He asked us about a Gazette. None was needed. He wrote to the committee with the death certificate, legal heir papers, family register and his Aadhaar. This is an illustrative example of the type of case we handle, not a named client review.
What is a lawyer's or committee's work, not ours
Deciding who holds a traditional right, and any dispute over it.
When you do not need us
For a committee list, a service record or a pass. The committee and the offices settle those. We are useful only where a person has changed a name by choice and a Gazette notification is asked for.
Which Areas of Uttarakhand Do We Cover?
All 13 districts: Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar, Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat and Pithoragarh. The great shrines are in Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi. Send photos on WhatsApp, and we will tell you, in confidence, which name differs.
People Also Ask About Temple Records
Who manages Badrinath and Kedarnath?
The Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee.
Was the Devasthanam Board abolished?
Yes, its Act was repealed in 2021.
Who corrects a priest's name in a temple list?
The temple committee.
Does a Gazette change a traditional right?
No.
Is a gazette needed for a temple record name mismatch?
No.
What does an heir need?
Death and legal heir papers, with Aadhaar.
How many temples did the committee run before 2019?
Badrinath, Kedarnath and 45 other temples, under the Shri Badrinath-Shri Kedarnath Act, 1939, reports said.
When was the Devasthanam Board's dissolution announced?
On 30 November 2021, on the reports of a High Level Committee and a Cabinet Sub-Committee.
What is the 1939 Act called?
U.P. Act No. XVI of 1939, the Shri Badrinath Temple Act, which the 2021 Repeal Act revived.
When did the Repeal Act take effect?
It came into force at once, as Uttarakhand Act No. 26 of 2021.
Who are the Rawal and Nayab Rawal?
The chief priest of Badrinath and his deputy. The repealed 2019 Act named both among those holding customary rights to perform puja at the shrines.
Who protested against the Devasthanam Board?
Reports name priests, pandas, Dimris and others who run dharamshalas and shops at Badrinath and Kedarnath.
Find Out Which Paper to Correct
Send your Aadhaar, the temple identity card or list entry, and the family register. We will tell you, free and in confidence, which name differs and who corrects it. Traditional rights are for the committee and the courts.
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Temple Record Name Mismatch: Frequently Asked Questions
What is a temple record name mismatch?
Who manages Badrinath and Kedarnath now?
What happened to the Devasthanam Board?
How many temples did the Devasthanam Board cover?
Who runs Gangotri and Yamunotri?
What are traditional rights?
Do I need a Gazette or an affidavit?
My father's right is to pass to me. What papers do I need?
I am a temple employee. Who corrects my service record?
Do priests need passes during the yatra?
Does the yatra registration matter to priests?
My name is in the old Devasthanam Board's records. Is that still valid?
Can a woman inherit a family right?
Where is the temple committee's office?
Do pandas and purohits at Haridwar have records?
Do you deal with temple committees?
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Who Wrote and Reviewed This Page?
This page is written by the Documentation Desk Team of UttarakhandNameChange.com, the team that prepares Gazette files for people across Uttarakhand.
It is reviewed by Advocate Vipin Chauhan.
The repeal of the 2019 Act, the revival of the 1939 temple Act, and the saving of earlier actions are from the Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management (Repeal) Act, 2021, as published by the High Court of Uttarakhand. The board's 51 temples, the purohits' protests and the committee's reconstitution are from reports of 2021 and 2022. How records are corrected, passes and rights are general guidance. The temple committee and a lawyer are the authority.
Official Sources
- The Repeal Act, 2021Published by the High Court of Uttarakhand.
- Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple CommitteeThe committee.
- Government of UttarakhandState notifications.
- Unique Identification Authority of IndiaAadhaar.
- Department of Publication: Change of Name and Public NoticesThe change of name guideline, for a real change of name.
Temple Records and Names: The Short Version
Badrinath and Kedarnath are managed by their temple committee under the 1939 Act, revived in 2021; other shrines have their own bodies. Priests, purohits, staff and rights holders appear in their records, often in old or short forms. Correct Aadhaar or the family register first where wrong, then write to the committee with your papers. Heirs prove the family link. A Gazette never decides a traditional right.
No Gazette is needed for a short form. To find out which record differs, send photos on WhatsApp 9540005064, and we will reply in working hours.
Generations of Service. One Correct Name in the Record.
Send the papers on WhatsApp. We tell you, free and in confidence, which one to correct.