The tradition of passing down family deities has been prevalent for centuries in India. The worshipping of the kul devi and devatas on occasions such as marriages, the birth of a child, and during shraadh has travelled from the local arenas to the contemporary cosmopolitan spaces. Hindus continue these observances in varied forms through rituals that have undergone several transformations. This paper would contribute to the scholarship on ancestral traditions preserved through remembrance and performance despite the geographical movements of the families to keep the culture thriving. It would specifically present a personal account from the perspective of a Kanya-Kubja Brahmin family hailing from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh to highlight the religious presence of their inherited deities. These include the kul devata called Jakhai Baba and the kul devi called Kalka Devi. This autoethnographic research would contribute to the scholarship on local deities invoked at every religious ceremony in the families and sought for protection and blessings. It would further the research on the symbolic manifestation of the divine and their significance in juxtaposition with the major Hindu gods and goddesses. The paper will engage with three major questions: How does preserving the cultural memory of the localized family deities contribute to contemporary Hinduism? Can the kul devi and kul devata be viewed in relation to the principal gods of the Hindu tradition? Are these preserved memories in danger of dying out due to mobility and modernity?