In several cases, these voluminous records or "Vahis" (Bahi), have also been used in settling legal cases regarding inheritance or property disputes, as these records are held sacrosanct both by the pilgrims and the Pandas themselves, and in many places these records trace family history, for over twenty prior generations, stretching across many centuries.

In Umueze-Anam, every life is sacrosanct, respected, and honoured.

Cardus felt that much of the old ethos had departed, and that his once-sacrosanct copy was now at the mercy of subeditors.