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Relation of Rajpurohits with the royal families of Rajasthan: The royal assembly of the king, maharaja or emperor or any Thakar vassal is found from the Vedic period to the Purana period. Somewhere it has been mentioned by scholars that without a priest, the royal assembly (ancient cabinet) is incomplete. During the princely period, the priest got the title of Rajguru and he also came to be called Rajpurohit. In the princely state of Jodhpur, the priest of Tinwari came to be Rajguru, his branch (caste) is called Sevad.Even today he is associated with the royal family. Evidence of these is found in the reign of Rao Maldevji. The priests of Marwar have been mentioned in detail in “Report Mardumshumari Rajmarwad – 1891 AD”. In this, he has been described as Poruso (hereditary) guru of Rajputs. In Marwar a large bulk of the zamindars belong to the Brahmins, who are the Morusi gurus of the Rajputs and are called Piroyat. 1450