Answer

Shrimali Jains are traditionally associated with the ancient town of Shrimal/Bhinmal in Rajasthan. Many Shrimali Jain families have their own kuldevi, and Verai Mata is worshipped as a kuldevi by some communities and family lineages in western India.

However, saying that all Shrimali Jains with Verai Mata as kuldevi have Rajput ancestry would not be accurate unless there is a verified family tradition, genealogy, or community record supporting it.

Explanation

In Jain tradition and community history:

• Shrimali generally refers to a Jain community or caste group historically connected with Shrimal/Bhinmal.
• Kuldevi worship often continued from older family or regional traditions, even after families became Jain.
• Some Jain families may have ancestral links with Kshatriya, Rajput, merchant, or other social groups depending on their specific lineage.
• A shared kuldevi does not automatically prove shared caste or Rajput ancestry.

Many Jain communities preserve memories of conversion, migration, gotra, kuldevi, and clan identity, but these vary from family to family.

Spiritual Understanding

From the Jain Dharma perspective, one’s spiritual identity is not based on ancestry, caste, or clan, but on:

• right faith,
• right knowledge,
• right conduct,
• ahimsa,
• self-discipline,
• and purification of the soul.

Family history may be culturally meaningful, but liberation in Jain Dharma depends on one’s own conduct and inner transformation.

Takeaway

A Shrimali Jain family having Verai Mata as kuldevi may indicate a specific regional or family lineage tradition, but it does not by itself prove Rajput ancestry. For certainty, you would need your family’s own genealogy, oral tradition, gotra records, or community records.