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{{Short description|Indian almanac}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Kulavruttanta
| authors = Various
| title_orig = कुलवृत्तांत
| country = India
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| genre = [[Nobility]], [[heraldry]], [[genealogy]]
| media_type = [[Almanac]], [[biographical dictionary]]
| subject = {{unbulleted list|[[Chitpavan]] [[Brahmin]]s|[[Maratha]]s|[[Nobility]] from the [[Maratha Empire]]}}
| image = Genealogy-page of a Kulavruttanta book titled 'Kolhatkar Kula Vrittanta' (September 1936, Pune) by Balkrishna Sridhar.jpg
| caption = Genealogy-page of a Kulavruttanta book titled 'Kolhatkar Kula Vrittanta' (September 1936, Pune) by Balkrishna Sridhar
}}

A '''Kulavruttanta''' or a '''Kul-vrttant''' ({{langx|mr|कुलवृत्तांत}}; [[IAST]]: Kula-vr̥ttānta; {{translation|literal=yes|''family report''}}), is a [[genealogy|genealogical]] [[almanac]] and [[biographical dictionary]], a format of genealogical [[record keeping]] predominantly found in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].

== History ==

Kulavruttantas are categorically published by [[family name]], or [[surname]],<ref name="Sardesai">{{cite book |last1=Sardesai |first1=G. S. |author-link=Govind Sakharam Sardesai |title=Historical Genealogies |date=1957 |location=[[Bombay]]}}</ref> and are usually in [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Marāṭhī granthasūcī: 1971–1978 |date=1943 |publisher=Rājya Marāṭhī Vikāsa Sãsthā |isbn=978-81-87889-06-9 |page=503 |language=mr}}</ref> They usually document various aspects of that particular family's history, heraldry, the etymology of their name, ancestral land holdings, migration maps, and religious traditions.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Structure and change in Indian society|date=2007|publisher=AldineTransaction|others=Milton B. Singer, Bernard S. Cohn|isbn=978-0-202-36138-3|location=New Brunswick, N.J.|oclc=155122029}}</ref> The genealogical charts are usually sectioned based on each ''gharana'', or branch, of the family; these are then followed by biographies of individuals within those gharanas; and followed finally by indices of births, deaths and marriages within the family.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Chitpavan Brahmins, a history|journal=JSPUI|publisher=[[Pune University]]|pages=12}}</ref>

Kulavruttantas have been historically attributed to the genealogical history of [[Chitpavan]] [[brahmin]]s.<ref name="Sardesai" /> The [[Bhat family]], during their rule of the [[Maratha confederacy]], are usually credited for commissioning surveys and censuses of Chitpavan brahmin households, recorded on [[parchment|paper or cloth]] [[scroll]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Divekar |first1=Mahadevshastri |title=Chitpavan Brahmins |date=1927 |page=17 |volume=5 |language=mr |chapter=Brahman}}</ref> These scrolls are generally used as the references of the historical and genealogical data for the compilation of these almanacs.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Chitpavan Brahmins, a history|journal=JSPUI|publisher=[[Pune University]]|pages=22}}</ref> Beginning with the publication of the Kulavruttanta of the [[Apte]] family in 1915,<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Chitpavan Brahmins, a history|journal=JSPUI|publisher=[[Pune University]]|pages=23}}</ref> throughout most of the 20th century, several other Chitpavan families have gone on to commission or publish their own versions.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Structure and change in Indian society|date=2007|publisher=AldineTransaction|others=Milton B. Singer, Bernard S. Cohn|isbn=978-0-202-36138-3|location=New Brunswick, N.J.|oclc=155122029}}</ref> Historian and biographer [[Sadashiv Ranade]] has notably authored several of these.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sāṭhe |first1=Śarada Keśava |title=Marāṭhī granthasūcī: 1963-1970 |date=2001 |publisher=Rājya Marāṭhī Vikāsa Sãsthā |isbn=978-81-87889-06-9 |page=51 |language=mr}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Marāṭhī granthasūcī: 1971-1978 |date=1943 |publisher=Rājya Marāṭhī Vikāsa Sãsthā |isbn=978-81-87889-06-9 |page=503 |language=mr}}</ref>

In the 21st century, Kulavruttants have also been adopted by several other communities as a means of documenting their genealogical data, most notably the [[Maratha]] community.<ref>{{cite news |title=सातपाटील कुलवृत्तांत – रंगनाथ पठारे |url=https://www.lokmat.com/manthan/veteran-witer-rangnath-pathare-expresses-process-bout-his-new-book-satpatil-kulvruttant/ |work=[[Lokmat]] |date=27 October 2019 |language=mr-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rajeshirke Gharanyacha Kulvruttant – राजेशिर्के घराण्याचा कुलवृत्तांत|url=https://sahyadribooks.com/rajeshirke-gharanyacha-kulvruttant/ |website=Sahyadri Books |publisher=Shivaji Shirke |access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of biographical dictionaries]]
* [[Hindu genealogy registers at Haridwar]]
* ''[[Almanach de Gotha]]''
* ''[[Burke's Landed Gentry]]''
* ''[[Debrett's]] Peerage & Baronetage''
* ''[[Social Register]]''
* ''[[Carnet Mondain]]''
* ''[[Libro d'Oro (disambiguation)|Libro d'Oro]]''

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|url=https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Kula-vr%CC%A5tta%CC%84nta&fq=&dblist=638&start=1&qt=page_number_link|name=List of Chitpavan brahmin Kulavruttantas}} at [[WorldCat]]
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Ankitchadha at 11:19, 23 October 2025