GLOBAL GOR BANJAARA CULTURE,TRADITIONS ,

JATH SYSTEM,GODS AND FESTIVALS

DR BANOTH NEHRU RATHOD M.D.,D.C.HPHYSICIAN

RETD MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENTKAARTHIK HOSPITALDIST.MAHABUBABAD

TELANGANA STATEdrbanothnehru@gmail.com

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PART I GOR BOLI GOR CULTURE GOR TRADITION PART II GOR GODS GOR FESTIVALS PART III GOR JATH SYSTEM

EK BOLI ! EK DHATI !! OOZ GOR BANJARA!!!

WE TALK EK BOLI WE FOLLOW EK DHATI THEN WE ARE THE GOR BANJARAS HENCE LET US PROTECT BANJARA CULTURE WITH A SLOGAN BACHAAVO BANJARA DHATI

WHO IS GOR BANJARA ?

WE THE GOR BANJARAS THOUGH SPREAD GLOBALLY , MAJORITY ARE IN INDIA.

HENCE IT IS OUR PRIME DUTY TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR CULTURE AND TRADITIONS

THE UNIQUENESS OF GLOBAL BANJARAWE TALK THE UNIQUE GOR BOLI, FOLLOW UNIQUE CULTURE,

TRADITION , WORSHIPPING OF GODS , CELEBRATION OF FESTIVALS AND ALSO HAVE UNIQUE JATH SYSTEM.

SO TO PROTECT OUR UNIQUE GLOBAL BANAJARA GOR BOLI LET US TALK , MAKE OUR CHILDREN TO TALK THE GOR BOLI.

LET US INVENT GOR BOLI SCRIPT AND PRESERVE OUR HISTORY IN GOR BOLI.

WHAT IS RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIAN GOR BANJARAS ?

AS CITIZENS OF INDIA,TAKEN BIRTH IN BANJARA JATH , LARGE IN NUMBER IN TELUGU STATES ,HAVING UTILISED TRIBAL BENEFITS, BEING RECOGNISED IN THE SOCIETY,

LET US BE UNITED TO PROTECT OUR TRADITIONS , CULTURE AND TRY TO AWARE OUR BANJARA JATH TO BE A PART IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION AND THE BANJARA IN PARTICULAR.

WHAT IS RESPONSIBILITY OF TELUGU STATE GOR BANJARAS ?

TO PROTECT OUR CULTURE AND TRADITION ,LET US BRING “GOR PUJARI SYSTEM”.THIS SYSTEM IS NOT ONLY TO PERFORM PUJA OF OUR GODS, CELEBRATE GOR FESTIVALS BUT ALSO TO PERFORM GOR BANJARA MARRIAGES.

HOW TO PROTECT CULTURE AND TRADITION ?

ALL (MALE &FEMALE) OF US BY WEARING OUR UNIQUE TRADITIONAL DRESSES ATLEAST ON THE OCCASIONS OF FESTIVALS AND MARRIAGES WE CAN PROTECT AND HANDOVER OUR UNIQUE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS TO OUR NEXT GGEGENERATIONS.

HOW TO PROTECT OUR TRADITION ?

GOR GODS GOR FESTIVALS

PART II

WE THE GLOBALLY SPREAD GOR BANJARAS, THOUGH WE WORSHIP REGIONAL GODS, BUT WE NEVER FORGET TO WORSHIP OUR BANJARA GODS

SRI SEVALAL MAHARAJ

MERAMA ,THOLJA, MATRAL, KANKALI, HEENGLA , DHWALANAGAR, SEETHLA

IT IS GREAT TO KNOW THAT THE GOR BANJARA SEVEN GODDESSES VERY MUCH RESEMBLE THE HINDU GODDESSES SAPTHAMATRUKA.

BRAHMANI, MAHESWARI, KAUMARI, VAISHANAVI, VARAHI, INDRANI & CHAMUNDESWARI

WHO ARE SAID TO BE THE GREAT POWERS OF BRAHMA, VISHNU AND MAHESHWARA.

WORSHIPPING GODS

THOUGH WE CELEBRATE THE REGIONAL FESTIVALS, WE THE GOR BANJARAS CELEBRATE DUSSEHRA, DAWALI , HOLI AS PER OUR TRADITIONS AND IN PARTICULAR THE GOR FESTIVALS SEETHLA AND TEEJ IN A GRAND WAY.

GOR FESTIVALS

INDIA IS THE SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH FARMING AS THE MAIN PROFFESION.

THE BANJARA JATH IS THE BACK BONE FOR AGRICULTURE. FOR AGRICULTURE WE NEED LAND, WATER AND CATTLE.WE USED TO WORSHIP OUR NATURE SEVEN GODESSES IN THE NAME OF

SEETHLA POOJA TO PROTECT THE CATTLE FROM EPIDEMIC DISEASES LIKE” HAND TO MOUTH DISEASE (LAALI)” WHICH BREAK OPEN IN EARLY RAINY SEASON .

HENCE WE PERFORM SEETHLA MATHA POOJA IN THE SAME PERIOD ON ONE OF THE TUESDAYS IN PUNARVASU KARTHI (PEDDA PUSHALA).

BY CELEBRATING SEETHLA POOJA, THE GOR BANJAARAS ARE NOT ONLY PROTECTING THE CATTLES, BUT ALSO STRENGTHEN THE COUNTRY BY IMPROVING THE FARMING

NOWADAYS THOUGH THE FARMING IS PARTIALLY MECHANISED AND THE IMPORTNCE OF CATTLES HAVE COME DOWN , BUT OUR COMMUNITY IS STILL CONTINUING OUR UNIQUE SEETHLA POOJA CELEBRATIONS EVERY YEAR .

SEETHLA FESTIVAL & IT’S IMPORTANCE

WE CELEBRATE TEEJ TO WORSHIP SREE SANTH SEVALAL MAHARAJ AND MERAMMA MATHA TO PROVIDE THE BEST LIVES FOR OUR GIRLS AND ABUNDANT CROPS TO THE FARMERS.

TEEJ FESTIVAL & IT’S IMPORTANCE

BORADI TEEJ : WITH THIS PLAY, THE GIRLS LEARN THAT THEIR POST

MARRIED LIVES WILL BE AS DIFFICULT AS PEIRCING A NUT TO THE THORN OF AN INDIAN PLUM TREE. AND TO LIVE PEACEFULLY ONE NEEDS THE HELP OF THE OTHERS.

“LET US MAKE THEM UNDERSTANDABOUT THEIR LIVES AND LET US SUPPORT THEM FOR THEIR BRIGHT FUTURE”

TEEJ FESTIVAL MESSAGES

DHAMOLI TEEJ : GIVES A MESSAGE HOW INTEGRATED THE BANJARA

ARE BY SHARING THE CHURMO PRASAD IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR ECONOMICAL STANDARDS.

TEEJ FESTIVAL MESSAGES

GANGOR TEEJ: YOUTH HIDE THEEJ DONA ON GANGORE THEEJ. THOUGH THE GIRLS WERE DAY LONG FASTING, THEY DON’T ACCEPT

THE PRASAD TILL THE DONA ARE REPLACED.

IT GIVES A MESSAGE HOW COMMITED THE GOR BANJARA GIRLS IN WORSHIPPING THE GODS.

TEEJ VOLDI:THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THE ELDER GIRLS TO GET MARRIED BEFORE THE NEXT

THEEJ AND IF IT SO HAPPENS THEY CAN’T PERFORM THE THEEJ ANY MORE . ONCE MARRIED THEY WILL BE FORCED TO BE TREATED AS GUESTS TO THEIR OWN

PARENTS. SO BEFORE BRINGING DOWN THE THEEJ BASKETS (VOLDI) BY THE YOUTH,THE

ELDER UNMARRIED GIRLS CREATE A SORROWFUL SCENARIO BY WEEPING AND NOT ALLOWING THEM.

TEEJ FESTIVAL MESSAGES

PRESENTLY IN MANY THANDAS IT IS BEING CELEBRATED ON THE LAST

DAY OF TEEJ FESTIVAL AS “CHUTO KADAV” DUE TO NON AVAILABILITY OF UNMARRIED GIRLS IN THANDAS AS THEY ARE BUSY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INSTITUTIONS DURING SHRAAVANA MONTH .

THOUGH WE ARE CELEBRATING TEEJ FESTIVAL IN A BIG WAY IN TOWNS AND UNIVERSITIES, BUT THE FESTIVAL IS LOOSING ITS IMPORTANCE IN THANDAS

GRADUALLY THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE THEEJ FESTIVAL IS EITHER BECOMING NAMESAKE IN THANDAS OR AS SHOW OFF PROGRAMMES IN CITIES AS IT IS BEING CELEBRATED WITHOUT MUCH PARTICIPATION OF UNMARRIED GIRLS.

BECAUSE OF WHICH SO MUCH OF MEANINGFUL MESSAGES AS EXPLIANED EARLIER ARE NOT GETTING TRANSFERED TO THE NEXT GENERATIONS.

TEEJ FESTIVAL & IT’S PRESENT FATE IN THANDAS

BY GETTING RECOGNISED BY GOVERNMENT BY GETTING SUITABLE HOLIDAYS

HOW TO IMPROVE THE GLORY OF FESTIVALS

TO GET RECOGNISED LET US CELEBRATE BOTH THE FESTIVALS IN ALL THANDAS IN THE SAME PERIOD DURING THE RESPECTIVE AUSPICIOUS DAYS.

FOR RECOGNITION - WHEN TO CELEBRATE ?

EVERY YEAR LET US CELEBRATE SEETHLA FESTIVAL ON 1st TUESDAY OF SAME PUNARVASU KARTHE.

WHEN TO CELEBRATE SEETHLA FESTIVAL ?

IT IS NOT A SINGLE DAY FESTIVAL. IT IS A FESTIVAL OF 9 DAYS. DURING THE SHRAVANA MONTH WHEN THE THEEJ FESTIVAL IS

BEING CELEBRATED,THE MAXIMUM STUDENTS WILL BE BUSY WITH THEIR STUDY SCHEDULE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INSTITUTIONS FOR THEIR FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMS.

THOUGH THE STUDENTS ARE BUSY,THEY ARE LEAVING THE ISTITIUTIONS TO ATTEND THE FESTIVAL ON DIFFERENT DAYS IN DIFFERENT THANDAS.

DUE TO WHICH THE ORGANISERS OF THE INSTITUTIONS ARE ALSO VERY MUCH WORRIED ABOUT THE IRREGULAR ATTENDANCE OF THE STUDENTS .

HENCE THE BEST PERIOD FOR CELEBRATION OF THEEJ WILL BE WHEN THE YOUTH GET MAXIMUM HOLIDAYS TO CELEBRATE IT FOR NINE DAYS WITH GOOD SPIRT.

SO WHEN ?

WHEN TO CELEBRATE THEEJ ?

THE BEST PERIOD WILL BE DURING THE NAVARATHRI PERIOD (1st TERM HOLIDAYS FOR TELUGU STATE INSTITUTIONS) DURING WHICH PERIOD NAVARATHRI UTSAVAS ARE BEING CELEBRATED PRAYING THE HINDU GODESS DURGA MATHA IN MANY PARTS OF INDIA. ( MERAMA MATHA MAY BE AN AVATAR OF DURGA MATHA)

.

SO WHEN ?

THE ALTERNATE PERIOD WILL BE IN THE SAME SHRAVANA MONTH ONLY. DURING THE SHRAVANA & CORRESPONDING ENGLISH MONTH IF THE FOLLOWING TABLE IS FOLLOWED , THE STUDENTS (YOUTH) WILL GET MAXIMUM HOLIDAYS. 1st FRIDAY GHAMHU GAALERO (SOAKING WHEAT) 1st SATURDAY THEEJ BORAYERO Req for Optional Holiday 1st SUNDAY BORADI THEEJ 2nd FRIDAY DHAMOLI THEEJ Req for General Holiday 2nd SATURDAY GANGOR THEEJ 2nd SUNDAY KADAAVO THEEJ THEEJ THODERO THEEJ VERAYERO

ACCORDINGLY WHEN THE DATES ARE FIXED ,WE CAN REQUEST THE GOVERNMENT FOR RECOGNITION .

PLANS FOR THEEJ FESTIVAL

THE RECOGNISED SINGLE DAY SEETHLA FESTIVAL AND NINE DAYS THEEJ FESTIVAL ARE TO BE HONOURED BY DECLARING SUITABLE HOLIDAYS BY THE GOVERNMENT.

FOR WHICH WE SHOULD REQUEST THE GOVT TO DECLARE ONE OPTIONAL HOLIDAY AND TWO GENERAL HOLIDAYS FOR BOTH THE FESTIVALS,

THEN THE GREAT TRADITIONAL GOR BANJARA FESTIVALS WILL BE CELEBRATED BY ALL THE GOR BANJARAS INCLUDING STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, BUISINESS PEOPLE, PROFESSIONALS AND POLITICIANS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE THANDAS.

AND IT WILL FECILITATE THE ELDERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO TRANSFER THE IMPORTANT MESSAGES OF THE TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.

BY WHICH WE CAN CONTINUE OUR GREAT HERITAGE

BENEFITS OF RECOGNITION OF FESTIVALS

15-02-2017 SEVALAL MAHARAJ JAYANTHI

SEETHLA PUNARVASU (PEDDA PUSHALA) KARTHE 11-07-2017 FIRST TUESDAY SEETHLA FESTIVAL TEEJ SHRAAVANA MONTH 04-09-2017 – FIRST FRIDAY GHAMHU GAALERU 05-09-2017 – FIRST SATURDAY TEEJ BOYERO 06-09-2017 – FIRST SUNDAY BORADI TEEJ 11-09-2017 – SECOND FRIDAY DHAMOLI TEEJ 12-09-2017 – SECOND SATURDAY GANGOR TEEJ 13-09-2017 – SECOND SUNDAY KADAVO THEEJ TEEJ TODERO TEEJ VERAYERO

MAIN FESTIVALS OF GOR BANJARA DATES IN THE YEAR 2017

LET US DEMAND FOR SUITABLE HOLIDAYS TO PRESERVE THE TRADITIONAL HERITAGE OF THE GOR BANJARA COMMUNITY.

FOR THE YEAR 2017 THE DEMAND FOR HOLIDAYS SHOULD BE AS FOLLOWS

15-02-2017 SEVALAL JAYANTHI GENERAL HOLIDAY

11-07-2017 (FIRST TUESDAY) SEETHLA FESTIVAL GENERAL

HOLIDAY 05-09-2017 (FIRST SATURDAY) TEEJ BOYERO OPTIONAL

HOLIDAY 11-09-2017 (SECOND FRIDAY) DHAMOLI TEEJ GENERAL

HOLIDAY ONCE FINALISED , CAN BE PRINTED IN CALENDERS

FESTIVALS OF GOR BANJARAS & DEMAND FOR GOVT. HOLIDAYS

GOR JATH SYSTEM

PART III

GLOBALLY NONE OTHER THAN GOR BANJARA JATH HAS BHAIPAN & SEGASAN RELATIONS.

WHILE TRAVELLING FROM RAJASTHAN, OUR GOR BANJARAS HAVE SETTLED IN VARIOUS STATES WITH VARIOUS NAMES VIZ. BANJARA, LABANA , LAMBADA, BAZIGAR ETC.

SINCE INDIA IS A MULTI LINGUISTIC & MULTI CULTURAL COUNTRY, WHERE GOR BANJARAS WERE FORCED TO FOLLOW THE REGIONAL CUSTOMS IN DIFFERENT STATES.

SIMILARLY OUR JATH SYSTEM WAS ALSO AFFECTED BY THE REGIONAL JATH SYSTEM IN DIFFERENT STATES.

GOR JATH SYSTEM

IN NORTHERN INDIA OUR GOR BANJARAS SUFFIX THEIR RESPECTIVE GOTH VIZ. CHOUHAN, RATHOD, PAMAR OR JADAV/VADTHYA WITH THEIR NAMES AS THEIR SUR NAMES AS NORTH INDIANS FOLLOW .

WHERE AS IN SOUTHERN INDIA EXCEPT SOUTH KARNATAKA, THE GOR BANJARAS PREFIX THEIR RESPECTIVE JATH OR PADA WITH THEIR NAMES.

IN SOUTH KARNATAKA THE GOR BANJARAS FOLLOW THE LOCAL CUSTOMS AND PREFIX THEIR RESPECTIVE VILLAGE AND FATHER’S NAME AS THEIR SUR NAME.

AS SUCH THERE IS A CONFUSION AMONG THE GOR BANJARAS OF DIFFERENT STATES REGARDING THE BANJARA JATH SYSTEM.

HOW GOR JATH SYSTEM IS AFFECTED IN DIFFERENT STATES ?

AS LONG AS WE ARE CONNECTED WITH THANDAS, THE ELDERS HELP IN KNOWING THE RELATIONS.

BUT AS OUR PEOPLE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE THANDAS FOR LIFE SETTLEMENTS IN TOWNS AND CITIES, LOT OF PEOPLE ARE IN CONFUSION IN MAINTAINING THE BHAIPAN AND SEGASAN RELATIONS WITH NEW PEOPLE.

THE SECOND GENERATION WHO TAKE BIRTH IN CITIES , WHO DON’T HAVE CONTACTS WITH THANDA GOR BANJARAS, ARE NOT EVEN AWARE OF THE TERMS BHAIPAN AND SEGASAN RELATIONS .

WHAT IS THE CONFUSION WITH DIFFERENT SUR NAMES ?

THE BHAI PAN AND SEGASAN RELATION IS A GOD GIVEN GIFT SINCE THE BIRTH OF OUR GOR BANJARA JATH .

SO LET US MAINTAIN THE SAME RELATIONS TILL THE GOR BANJARA JATH EXIST ON THE EARTH.

LET US MAINTAIN THE BHAIPAN / SEGASAN RELATIONS

WE THE GLOBAL GOR BANJARAS HAVE ONLY 5 GOTH

THEY ARE….1. CHO GOTH CHOWHAN,2. SATH GOTH RATHOD3. BARA GOTH PAMAR 4. THEEN THAKTHER CHOUDA GHAR VADTHYA 5. EK JATH THOORI THI SE GOTH POORI.

6. AFTER AJMERA AND BARMAVATH WERE ADDED TO THE VADTHYA GOTH, THEY USED TO CALL IT AS

EACH GOTH HAS MANY JATH AND PADAS. ALL JATH AND PADAS OF THAT GOTH ARE BHAIPAN.REST OF THE GOTH ANDTHIER JATH AND PADA ARE SEGASAN. SEGASEN CAN HAVE MATRIMONIAL RELATIONS.

HOW TO KNOW BHAIPAN/SEGASEN RELATIONS

WE SHOULD FEEL PROUD BY HAVING SUCH BEAUTIFUL & HISTORICAL GOR BANJARA GOTH.

BY HAVING THE GOTH AS SUR NAMES, IT NOT ONLY INCREASES THE GLORY OF GOR BANJARAS, BUT ALSO AVOIDS THE INTRA GOTH MATRIMONIAL RELATIONS.

SO LET US ALL HAVE OUR RESPECTIVE GOTH WITH OUR NAMES AS SUR NAMES AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE BHAIPAN / SEGASEN RELATIONS .

BENEFITS OF GOTH AS SUR NAMES

AS EVERYBODY KNOWS THE GOR BANJARAS HAVE GOTH , JATH , PATH / PADA BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION REGARDING

THE NUMBER OF GOTH, JATH & PADA. IN SOME AREAS WITHIN THE RATHOD GOTH, BANOTH,

JATOTH , DHARAMSOTH , ALOTH , MOON , MUCCHAL ARE TREATED AS SEPARATE GOTH CALLED AS ADE AND ONLY BHUKYA AS RATHOD.

BY CREATING THIS DIFFERENCE IN RATHOD GOTH , INTRA GOTH MATRIMONIALS ARE BEING TAKING PLACE IN RATHOD.

MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT BHAIPAN / SEGASAN RELATIONS

IN DELHI , NOT ONLY INTRA GOTH MATRIMONIALS IN RATHOD GOTH , BUT ALSO LOT OF INTRA GOTH & INTRA JATH MARRIAGES ARE TAKING PLACE IN ALL REST OF THE GOTH , JATH AND PADAS.

WHEN ENQUIRED , THE ANSWER WAS , DUE TO NON AVAILABILITY OF JATH MATCHES , THEY DECIDED TO GO FOR INTRA GOTH , INTRA JATH MATRIMONIALS.

PRESENTLY 90% ARE INTRA GOTH INTRA JATH MATRIMONIALS IN DELHI AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

IS THERE ANY MIS HAPPENINGS LIKE BANOTH / BHUKYA

SHALL WE ALLOW SUCH INCIDENTS TO HAPPEN IN REST OF THE INDIA ?

OR SHALL WE RESTRICT OURSELVES TO THE CUSTOMS WHICH

OUR ELDERS, THOUGH ILLETERATE AND BRANDED AS UN-CIVILISED FOLLOWED ?

LET US NOT ALLOW SUCH INTRA GOTH MARRIAGES TO TAKE PLACE.

THEN HOW TO OVERCOME ?

THEN WHAT TO DO ?

ONLY BY PREFIXING OR SUFFIXING OUR RESPECTIVE GOTH WITH OUR NAMES AND BY REQUESTING ALL TO STRICTLY AVOID INTRA GOTH , INTRA JATH , INTRA PADA MATRIMONIAL RELATIONS.

HOW TO OVERCOME WHEN WE DON’T WANT

LOT OF OUR GREAT LEGENDS MENTIONED AT VARIOUS PLACES REGARDING THE GOR BANJARA JATH TREE.

WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY I COLLECTED AND PREPARED A TABLE WHICH WILL FECILITATE THE FUTURE GENERATIONS PARTICULARLY WHO WILL BE AWAY FROM THANDAS .

HOW TO KNOW OUR GOTH / JATH / PADA ?

Sena Ram Ram Dhanyawad….