{"id":262402,"date":"2023-09-30T19:36:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T14:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=262402"},"modified":"2023-09-30T20:43:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T15:13:11","slug":"jharkhand-cm-writes-to-pm-seeks-recognition-of-sarna-religious-code-for-tribals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/jharkhand-cm-writes-to-pm-seeks-recognition-of-sarna-religious-code-for-tribals\/","title":{"rendered":"Jharkhand CM writes to PM, seeks recognition of Sarna religious code for tribals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Jharkhand CM writes to PM, seeks recognition of Sarna religious code for tribals<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>\u201cIndian Express\u201d on 28th September 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jharkhand Chief Minister has written\u00a0 to the Prime Minister seeking recognition of the \u2018Sarna\u2019 religious code for tribals.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Sarna religion?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Followers of Sarna faith regard themselves as belonging to a distinct religious group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are nature worshippers.The holy grail of the Sarna faith is \u201cJal (water), Jungle (forest), Zameen (land)\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The followers of Sarna faith pray to the trees and hills while believing in protecting the forest areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Believers of Sarna faith do not practice idol worship, nor do they adhere to the concept of the Varna system, heaven-hell, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The followers are largely concentrated in the tribal belt states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, and Assam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are Sarna faith people demanding?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarna followers are demanding to include &#8216;Sarna&#8217; as a separate religion for indigenous people in the next census.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A separate &#8216;Sarna&#8217; code in the census is the key to a distinct identity for tribals as without it, they are classified as Hindus or Muslims or Christians.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How will Sarna\u2019s recognition as a separate religion help?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognition as a separate religious community will enable better protection of their language and history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cJharkhand CM writes to PM, seeks recognition of Sarna religious code for tribals\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 28th September 2023. What is the News? Jharkhand Chief Minister has written\u00a0 to the Prime Minister seeking recognition of the \u2018Sarna\u2019 religious code for tribals. What is Sarna religion?&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/jharkhand-cm-writes-to-pm-seeks-recognition-of-sarna-religious-code-for-tribals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jharkhand CM writes to PM, seeks recognition of Sarna religious code for tribals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,9],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-262402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-public","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}