[2] 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.
[3] 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.
[4] Kulavruttantas have been historically attributed to the genealogical history of Chitpavan brahmins.
[1] The Bhat family, during their rule of the Maratha confederacy, are usually credited for commissioning surveys and censuses of Chitpavan brahmin households, recorded on paper or cloth scrolls.
[5] These scrolls are generally used as the references of the historical and genealogical data for the compilation of these almanacs.