Ghadasi Koli
The Ghadasi, or Ghadsi[1] is a subcaste of the Koli caste found in the Indian state of Maharashtra. They are cultivators by profession and ruled over Umbardi fort.[2][1]
The Ghadasi Kolis lives today on the higher hill-slopes at altitudes of 800-1000 meters in settlements of 25-30 families. They are hunters and farmers and they are Hindu by religion and main deity is Bapujiboa.[3]
The Ghadasi Kolis mostly found around the Mula river of Western ghats and they always had been in conflicts with Marathas.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gadgil, Madhav. Role of Deities in Symbolizing Conflicts of Dispersing Human Groups. Indian Anthropologist 9 (2) (1979). p. 83–92.
- ↑ Gadgil, Madhav. Ecological Journeys (in en) (2005). New Delhi, India: Orient Blackswan. p. 170. ISBN 978-81-7824-112-8.
- ↑ Indian Anthropologist: Journal of the Indian Anthropological Association (in en) (1979). New Delhi, India: Indian Anthropological Association. p. 84–90.
- ↑ Pullaiah, T.. Ethnobotany of India, Volume 2: Western Ghats and West Coast of Peninsular India (in en) (2016). New Delhi, India: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-315-34192-7.