Adi Jambava Explained

The Adi Jambava are an leather artisan Indian 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.

Notes and References

  1. News: 2019-01-18. Adi Jambava corporation launched amid din made by different factions. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-12-23. 0971-751X.
  2. Book: L. Krishna Anantha Krishna Iyer. The Mysore Tribes and Castes. 1928. Mittal Publications. 28 August 2015.
  3. Book: Singh, Nagendra Kr.. Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's (3 Vols. Set). Global Vision Publishing. 28 August 2015.
  4. Book: Fuchs, Stephen. At the bottom of Indian society: . Stephen Fuchs. 1981. Munshiram Manoharlal. 212. en.
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=KH4uAQAAIAAJ&q=Jambava&dq=Jambava Memoir, Issue 18