Sarna dharma

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Adivasi religion indigenous religion nature worship tradition

Sarna dharma is an indigenous nature-worshipping faith of several Munda and other Adivasi communities in eastern India, centered on sacred groves, ancestor veneration, and rituals tied to forests and agricultural cycles.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Donyi-Polo (sun-moon indigenous faith) 1
Kurukh Sarna dharma 1
Sarnaism (regional nature worship practices) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi religion ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ
nature worship tradition ⓘ
associatedConcept Jaher than ⓘ
Sarna sthal ⓘ
associatedDeity Dharti Aayo (Earth Mother) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Singbonga NERFINISHED ⓘ
village guardian spirits ⓘ
centralSacredPlace sacred grove ⓘ
corePractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
rituals tied to agricultural cycles ⓘ
rituals tied to forests ⓘ
worship of sacred groves ⓘ
country India ⓘ
geographicRegion Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageContext Ho language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurukh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mundari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santali NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedTo Adivasi identity ⓘ
community land and forest rights ⓘ
tribal customary law ⓘ
majorFestival Baa Parab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jitia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mage Parab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarhul NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalIssue demand for separate religious code in Indian census ⓘ
recognition as distinct religion in India ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf Ho people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Munda people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oraon people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santhal people NERFINISHED ⓘ
other Adivasi communities of eastern India ⓘ
ritualElement animal sacrifice in some communities ⓘ
collective feasting ⓘ
communal dancing ⓘ
drumming and singing ⓘ
ritualSpecialist Pahan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pujar ⓘ
socialFunction conflict resolution within village ⓘ
maintenance of ecological balance ⓘ
regulation of community norms ⓘ
worshipType animistic worship ⓘ
earth worship ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Adi → religion → Sarna dharma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donyi-Polo (sun-moon indigenous faith)
Asur → religion → Sarna dharma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarnaism (regional nature worship practices)
Munda → traditionalReligion → Sarna dharma ⓘ
Oraon → traditionalReligion → Sarna dharma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurukh Sarna dharma