Adi Jambava

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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/[citation needed]

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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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b .jambhava matam2000yearoldkolanpaka somashvaratemplid=7yQLAQAAIAAJ&q=Jambava&dq=Jambava Karnataka State Gazetteer - Mysore Check |url= value (help). 1988. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. ^ L. Krishna Anantha Krishna Iyer (1928). The Mysore Tribes and Castes. Mittal Publications. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. ^ Census of India, 1971: D. Migration tables (2 v.). Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 1971. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. ^ Singh, Nagendra Kr. (2006). Global Encyclopaedia of the South Indian Dalit's (3 Vols. Set). Global Vision Publishing. ISBN 9788182201675. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  5. ^ Fuchs, Stephen (1981). At the bottom of Indian society: the Harijan and other low castes. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 212. ISBN 9788121502054.
  6. ^ Memoir, Issue 18 Anthropological Survey of India, 1973, page 194
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