{"id":71722,"date":"2025-11-03T12:33:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T07:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=71722"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:26:49","slug":"ramnami-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ramnami-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramnami Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ramnami Tribe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two members of the Ramnami tribe became emotional when the Prime Minister broke the protocol allowing them to adorn him with their traditional headgear- peacock feather crown- recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ramnami Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ramnamis are a <\/span><b>unique sect from Chhattisgarh,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> India, who<\/span><b> tattoo the name &#8220;Ram&#8221; on their bodies and faces.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Ramnami Samaj<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>movement <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that came up in what is now <\/span><b>central and northern Chhattisgarh in the 19th century<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as an act of <\/span><b>peaceful resistance against the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/caste-system-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">caste system<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India that denied many of them entry to temples.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a popular legend, it was <\/span><b>started by Parsuram Bhardwaj,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the son of a low-caste sharecropper.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 100 years ago, the sect<\/span><b> decided to tattoo their bodies and faces with<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the name of nirgun (unmanifest) <\/span><b>Ram to show that Ram, or God, was omnipresent and everywhere.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>In 1910,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Ramnami Samaj was taken to court by upper-caste Hindu groups <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over this unique practice, <\/span><b>but they won the case and the right to inscribe Ram&#8217;s name on their bodies, c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lothing, and living spaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ramnamis emphasize worshiping Ram in any form, whether in saffron robes or with a shaved head.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>prioritize gender equality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>adorn <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">themselves <\/span><b>with \u2018ghungroos\u2019 and a crown crafted from peacock feathers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Chhattisgarh, \u2018ghungroos\u2019 play a vital role in their dances and Bhajan performances.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their <\/span><b>white attires<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were <\/span><b>also decorated with the name of Ram, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while the peacock feathers on their headgear held a rich mythological significance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At one time, their population stood anywhere near 6 lakh, but it has come down to 100,000, with some estimates suggesting only 20,000 Ramnami remain.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/nation\/modi-breaks-protocol-to-honour-ramnami-tribe-delegations-wish-to-adorn-him-with-tribal-headgear-1914346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramnami Tribe are a unique sect from Chhattisgarh, India, who tattoo the name &#8220;Ram&#8221; on their bodies and faces. 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