TELANGANA CURRENT AFFAIRS 2022: #4

 

                        Jangubai Jatara:

ð  Important religious and cultural affair of aboriginal tribals slated for the first week of January (Raj Gonds and Kolam Tribes)

ð  They revere the deity at a cave temple in Sahyadri hills in the forests of Mukdamguda and Kotaparandoli villages in Kerameri mandal

ð  Festivities will begin with tribals performing ‘Devve Niruswal’ or lighting of the lamp which represents the deity at the temple on the onset of Pushya or Poos month on January 4

ð  The ethnic tribes ceremoniously worship Jangu Bai, who according to Adivasis, is believed to have been formed naturally some 25,000 years ago

ð  They congregate at the temple during the sacred Hindu month of Pushya and take a holy dip in a tank locally known as Toplakasa before entering the abode of the deity

ð  Traditional instruments: Sannayi, Kalikom and Tudum