A STUDY ON BANJARA (LAMBADIS) CULTURE TRADITIONS, JATH SYSTEM, FESTIVALS AND WORSHIPPING GODS IN TELANGANA STATE, INDIA


Bhukya Sai Kumar, Dharavath Ram Kumar, Badawath Govind Kumar
LECTURER IN FISHERIES, GDC-SIDDIPET, TELANGANA
Abstract
In Telangana Banjaras (Lambadi’s) are generally called as Gor / gor mati, Gor usually refer to themselves as Banjaras and outsiders as Kor /kwar but this usage does not extend outside their own community. A related usage is Gor Mati or Gormati, meaning Own People. In Telangana the community is under scheduled tribes (ST), community known as banjara from around the fourteenth century AD, who claim a 3000-year history. community adopting a multitude of languages, Banjara is used throughout India. Based on the states they had adopted and created cultures based on their availability of resources , but during ancient time the whole community has a particular cultural system till now the culture is seen throughout India , especially in Telangana some of the cultures are performing the most famous festivals like Teej , Seethala and the dressing style of females are in a unique way and each material used in the dress has its own expressions like no of children and community importances and the food of this community ha its indigenous dishes like soloi (meat cooked with blood ) , jharer bati (jowar roti ) with the ancient evidence they are the Hindus mostly worship lord shiva and lord Krishna and has their own community gods like sevalal Maharaj, hatiram Balaji, thulja bhavani and in this community different jaths exist , each jath (Gothra ) has their jath gods and they also worship them , Nayaks and karbaris are the heads of the thandas (villages) the had designed a separate laws which implemented by fore fathers and till now the follows their cultural values.
Keywords: Banjara, Soloi, Jharer Bati, Teej, Nayak, Seethala, Indigenous, Jath,Thandas
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EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR)

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Published on : 2025-01-30

Vol : 11
Issue : 1
Month : January
Year : 2025
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