Adi Jambava

Adi Jambava, are artisan caste of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.[1] This hilly mountain tribe worships Rama,SHIVA,KRISHNA, Adi Parashakti, Shiva, Matangi and Maramma remembrance of Jambavantha, they grow long beards and hair, wear ochre turbans, wear ashes and a horizontal shape on their foreheads known as Addagandha.[2]

They are also related to Madiga found in Karnataka state, India.[3] They are referred to as Jambava samaj.[4][5] The government of Karnataka has also launched a Separate Corporation Called Karnataka Adi Jambava Development Corporation for the uplift of the Adi Jambava community.[1]

References

"Adi Jambava corporation launched amid din made by different factions". The Hindu. 18 January 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
L. Krishna Anantha Krishna Iyer (1928). The Mysore Tribes and Castes. Mittal Publications. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
Singh, Nagendra Kr. Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's (3 Vols. Set). Global Vision Publishing. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
Fuchs, Stephen (1981). At the bottom of Indian society:. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 212.
Memoir, Issue 18 Anthropological Survey of India, 1973, page 194

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[:0-1] "Adi Jambava corporation launched amid din made by different factions". The Hindu. 18 January 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[2] L. Krishna Anantha Krishna Iyer (1928). The Mysore Tribes and Castes. Mittal Publications. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[3] Singh, Nagendra Kr. Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's (3 Vols. Set). Global Vision Publishing. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[4] Fuchs, Stephen (1981). At the bottom of Indian society:. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 212.

[5] Memoir, Issue 18 Anthropological Survey of India, 1973, page 194