Adi Jambava, are artisan caste working on tanner, carpenter , blacksmith.... They claim to be the descendants of Jambavantha. This hilly mountain tribe worships Jambavan, Rama, Adi Parashakti, Shiva, Matangi and Maramma[1] and, as remembrance of Jambavanthas, they grow long beards and hair, wear ochre turbans, wear ashes and a horizontal shape on their foreheads known as Addagandha.[2]
In Karnataka they are a subcaste of AdiKarnataka & Andra Telangana they are a subcaste madiga. In north india Jambava are related to Jatav caste
They are also related to Satyayuga Sanjatas, Vishwa Jambhava, Adi Brahmana, Padmajatiyavaru, Matanga, chamar, Jatav, samgar and Maadiga,[1] is a tribe and related to Madiga[3] found in Karnataka state, India.[4] They are referred to as Harijans.[5][6] The government of Karnataka has also launched a Separate Corporation Called Karnataka Adi Jambava Development Corporation for the uplift of the Adi Jambava community. https://adijambava.karnataka.gov.in/ Template:Fact
Puranic reference "Krishna's youngest wife was Jamabava's daughter jambavathi. Had youngest son Samba. He marries Duryodhana, daughter. Upset with Krishna's Kurukshetra war becomes a drunkard and leaves Yadava & outcaste. His kids are called Jambava from mother Jambavati".
The descendants of have suffix Matanga muni. Since Jambavata originally lived on Matanga Hill.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Karnataka State Gazetteer - Mysore{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1988)
- ↑ The Mysore Tribes and Castes{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Mittal Publications(1928)
- ↑ Census of India, 1971: D. Migration tables (2 v.){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India(1971)
- ↑ Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's (3 Vols. Set){{#if:Singh|, Singh}. Global Vision Publishing(2006). ISBN 9788182201675
- ↑ At the bottom of Indian society: the Harijan and other low castes{{#if:Fuchs|, Fuchs}. Munshiram Manoharlal(1981). ISBN 9788121502054
- ↑ Memoir, Issue 18 Anthropological Survey of India, 1973, page 194