Adi Jambava
Indian caste
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The Adi Jambava are a leather artisan Indian caste in the states of Telangana, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.[1] This hilly mountain tribe worships Rama, Shiva, Krishna, Adi Parashakti, Shiva, Matangi and Maramma in remembrance of Jambavantha. They grow long beards and hair, wear ochre turbans, wear ashes and a horizontal shape on their foreheads known as Addagandha.[2]
They are related to Madiga found in Telangana and Karnataka.[3] They are referred to as Jambava samaj.[4][5] The government of Karnataka launched a Separate Corporation Called Karnataka Adi Jambava Development Corporation for the uplift of the Adi Jambava community.[1]