Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 3: In a well-attended function held at Chakreshwari Sanstha, Paloura (Jammu), a booklet titled “Dev Vardutt Shaalan Kautasya-Gotra of Chrungoo Family” written by Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo was released.
On the occasion, a Hawan was organized before the release of the Booklet. The Hawan was conducted by Pt Chainlal Shastri, an eminent Vedic scholar. The programme was attended by the members of the Clan and a number of prominent personalities of the Kashmir Pandit (KP) community. The publication also carries details of those men and women of the Clan who attained recognition in the past and present.
Prominent among those who attended the function included Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, Virender Raina, Dr Sushil Wattal, B L Saraf, Prof H L Jalali, Kamal Bagati, Ashok Braroo, Motilal Malla, Sanjay Raina, Sudrilal Kaul, Ranjeet Gurkha, Vijay Qazi, Lalji Chrungoo, Ashok Chrungoo, Rajinder Chrungoo, Rajesh Chrungoo and Shiben Chrungoo.
Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, in his address said that the Chrungoo clan (family) has its roots dating back to thousands of years and the Gotra of the family is derived from the name of its originator, Dev Vardutt Shaalan Kautsya, who was a Rishi of great repute. The Reshi had his hermitage in a hilly area of Srinagar, where he would live along with his wife known as Reshimata Kautasya.
He explained that the documented family-tree given in the Booklet carries details of the last almost 300 hundred years. It becomes important in the current context for all concerned to take inspiration from this work done for the benefit of the future generations. Recording of Gotra-based lineage is an important tool for documentation of history in the long run. He made an appeal to all to take an initiative at their own level taking cue from this project accomplished by him which took five to ten years to get completed.
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