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{{Short description|Hindu caste in western Odisha, India}}<br />
'''Dumal''', also called '''Dumala''' (also known as Mithila Nanda Gauda in eastern Odisha), is a community found in western [[Odisha]], India.{{cn|date=October 2023}}<br />
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This caste is categorised as an [[Other Backward Class]] according to [[Reservation in India|Reservation system of India]].<ref>[http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/2635221884005388474.pdf Gazette of India], 27 October 1994. Retrieved on 24 July 2014.</ref><br />
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==Origin==<br />
They were the milk suppliers of Puri and their role was to supply milk, curd and ghee to the temple and guard Lord Jagannath in Puri.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Servorum |first=Servus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RvoaogEACAAJ |title=Mysticism in the Temple of Jagannath at Puri, Orissa |date=2015 |publisher=Abhijeet Publications |isbn=978-93-5074-124-5 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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One day, a vulture was found sitting on the Neelachakra of the temple. The puja pandit (priest) had a dream and came to know that the ghee served was impure, for which Lord Jagannath was dissatisfied and thus this vulture appeared. The puja pandit secretly informed the Gajapati Maharaja of this and the King ordered punishment. One official from the court secretly informed the suppliers about the king's decision to punish them the next day.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahanti (Retd) |first=Col J. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QweqCQAAQBAJ&q=jagannath+puri |title=The Saga of Jagannatha and Badadeula at Puri (Story of Lord Jagannatha and his Temple) |date=2014-05-01 |publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-93-82652-45-8 |language=en}}</ref> That night those innocent people who supplied ghee to the temple left their houses in Puri with their families to save themselves and went towards the west.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Patra |first=Avinash |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlwTCwAAQBAJ&q=jagannath+puri |title=Origin & Antiquity of the Cult of Lord Jagannath |date=2011-06-23 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
*{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=R.V. |url=http://archive.org/details/TheTribesAndCastesOfTheCentralProvincesOfIndiaVolII |title=The Tribes And Castes Of The Central Provinces Of India |volume=II |date=1916 |pages=530–535 |language=English}}<br />
*{{Cite journal|url=http://jhss.org/articleview.php?artid=142|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223092152/http://jhss.org/articleview.php?artid=142|archive-date=2012-12-23|url-status=dead|journal=Journal of History & Social Sciences|title=Social Structure of Western Orissa Under the Chauhans of Sambalpur|accessdate=22 March 2015}}<br />
*{{cite book|title=Sociological Bulletin|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=6pHZAAAAMAAJ}}|year=2000|publisher=Indian Sociological Society.}}<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Other Backward Classes]]<br />
[[Category:Indian castes]]<br />
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