Chitragupta is a Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth and punish or reward them according to their Karmas. Upon their death, Chitragupta has the task of deciding heaven or the hell for the humans, depending on their actions on the earth. Chitragupta is the seventeenth Manasputra of Lord Brahma. Chitragupta is believed to be created from Bramha's soul and mind (chitt) and thus, allotted the right to write Vedas like Brahmins with the duty of a Kshatriya, He accompanies Yamraj, the god of death.