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Chitragupta
Yama's scribe, who keeps the ledger of every life's deeds and years.
Sources: Karva Chauth vrat katha (Drik Panchang; Webdunia Hindi; vow-book retellings) · see Chitragupta's web
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Chitragupta appears in
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Yama
(God)
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· Karva and the crocodile
His scribe, reading the crocodile's years.
Chitragupta celebrated at
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Bhai Dooj (Yama Dwitiya)
(Festival)
Kayastha families keep Chitragupta Puja on Yama Dwitiya, worshipping his image and their account books; the Telugu telling has him come to Yamuna's house beside Yama.