The document discusses Gor Banjara culture and traditions. It describes the Gor Boli language, gods worshipped, festivals celebrated like Seethla and Teej, and the unique Gor Banjara jath (caste) system involving bhaipan and segasan relations. It calls for preserving Gor Banjara heritage by continuing cultural practices, recognizing festivals officially, and educating new generations in Gor Boli and traditions.

1. DR BANOTH NEHRU RATHOD M.D.,D.C.H
PHYSICIAN
RETD MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT
KAARTHIK HOSPITAL
DIST.MAHABUBABAD
TELANGANA STATE
drbanothnehru@gmail.com
Mob:9502361832

2.  PART I
 GOR BOLI
 GOR CULTURE
 GOR TRADITION
PART II
 GOR GODS
 GOR FESTIVALS
PART III
 GOR JATH SYSTEM

3.  EK BOLI ! EK DHATI !! OOZ GOR BANJARA!!!
 WE TALK EK BOLI
 WE FOLLOW EK DHATI
 THEN WE ARE THE GOR BANJARAS
HENCE LET US PROTECT BANJARA CULTURE
WITH A SLOGAN
BACHAAVO BANJARA DHATI

4. WE THE GOR BANJARAS THOUGH SPREAD GLOBALLY ,
MAJORITY ARE IN INDIA.
HENCE IT IS OUR PRIME DUTY TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE
OUR CULTURE AND TRADITIONS
THE UNIQUENESS OF GLOBAL BANJARA
WE TALK THE UNIQUE GOR BOLI, FOLLOW UNIQUE CULTURE,
TRADITION , WORSHIPPING OF GODS , CELEBRATION OF
FESTIVALS AND ALSO HAVE UNIQUE JATH SYSTEM.
SO TO PROTECT OUR UNIQUE GLOBAL BANAJARA GOR BOLI
LET US TALK , MAKE OUR CHILDREN TO TALK THE GOR BOLI.
LET US INVENT GOR BOLI SCRIPT AND PRESERVE OUR
HISTORY IN GOR BOLI.

5. AS CITIZENS OF INDIA,TAKEN BIRTH IN BANJARA JATH , LARGE
IN NUMBER IN TELUGU STATES ,HAVING UTILISED TRIBAL
BENEFITS, BEING RECOGNISED IN THE SOCIETY,
LET US BE UNITED TO PROTECT OUR TRADITIONS , CULTURE
AND TRY TO AWARE OUR BANJARA JATH TO BE A PART IN
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION AND THE BANJARA IN
PARTICULAR.

6. TO PROTECT OUR CULTURE AND TRADITION ,
LET US BRING “GOR PUJARI SYSTEM”.
THIS SYSTEM IS NOT ONLY
TO PERFORM
PUJA OF OUR GODS,
CELEBRATE GOR FESTIVALS
BUT ALSO TO PERFORM
GOR BANJARA MARRIAGES.

7. ALL (MALE &FEMALE) OF US BY WEARING OUR UNIQUE TRADITIONAL
DRESSES ATLEAST ON THE OCCASIONS OF FESTIVALS AND
MARRIAGES WE CAN PROTECT AND HANDOVER OUR UNIQUE
CULTURE AND TRADITIONS TO OUR NEXT GGEGENERATIONS.

8.  GOR GODS
 GOR FESTIVALS

9. WE THE GLOBALLY SPREAD GOR BANJARAS, THOUGH WE WORSHIP REGIONAL GODS, BUT
WE NEVER FORGET TO WORSHIP OUR BANJARA GODS
SRI SEVALAL MAHARAJ
MERAMA ,THOLJA, MATRAL, KANKALI, HEENGLA , DHWALANAGAR, SEETHLA
IT IS GREAT TO KNOW THAT THE GOR BANJARA SEVEN GODDESSES VERY MUCH RESEMBLE
THE HINDU GODDESSES SAPTHAMATRUKA.
BRAHMANI, MAHESWARI, KAUMARI, VAISHANAVI, VARAHI, INDRANI & CHAMUNDESWARI
WHO ARE SAID TO BE THE GREAT POWERS OF BRAHMA, VISHNU AND MAHESHWARA.

10. THOUGH WE CELEBRATE THE REGIONAL FESTIVALS, WE THE
GOR BANJARAS CELEBRATE DUSSEHRA, DAWALI , HOLI AS
PER OUR TRADITIONS AND IN PARTICULAR THE GOR
FESTIVALS SEETHLA AND TEEJ IN A GRAND WAY.

11. INDIA IS THE SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITH FARMING AS
THE MAIN PROFFESION.
THE BANJARA JATH IS THE BACK BONE FOR AGRICULTURE.
FOR AGRICULTURE WE NEED LAND, WATER AND CATTLE.
WE USED TO WORSHIP OUR NATURE SEVEN GODESSES IN THE NAME OF
SEETHLA POOJA TO PROTECT THE CATTLE FROM EPIDEMIC DISEASES LIKE”
HAND TO MOUTH DISEASE (LAALI)” WHICH BREAK OPEN IN EARLY RAINY
SEASON .
HENCE WE PERFORM SEETHLA MATHA POOJA IN THE SAME PERIOD ON ONE
OF THE TUESDAYS IN PUNARVASU KARTHI (PEDDA PUSHALA).
BY CELEBRATING SEETHLA POOJA, THE GOR BANJAARAS ARE NOT ONLY
PROTECTING THE CATTLES, BUT ALSO STRENGTHEN THE COUNTRY BY
IMPROVING THE FARMING
NOWADAYS THOUGH THE FARMING IS PARTIALLY MECHANISED AND THE
IMPORTNCE OF CATTLES HAVE COME DOWN , BUT OUR COMMUNITY IS
STILL CONTINUING OUR UNIQUE SEETHLA POOJA CELEBRATIONS EVERY
YEAR .

12. WE CELEBRATE TEEJ TO WORSHIP SREE SANTH SEVALAL MAHARAJ AND
MERAMMA MATHA TO PROVIDE THE BEST LIVES FOR OUR GIRLS AND
ABUNDANT CROPS TO THE FARMERS.

13. BORADI TEEJ :
WITH THIS PLAY, THE GIRLS LEARN THAT THEIR POST MARRIED LIVES
WILL BE AS DIFFICULT AS PEIRCING A NUT TO THE THORN OF AN
INDIAN PLUM TREE. AND TO LIVE PEACEFULLY ONE NEEDS THE HELP OF
THE OTHERS.
“LET US MAKE THEM
UNDERSTANDABOUT
THEIR LIVES AND
LET US SUPPORT THEM
FOR THEIR BRIGHT FUTURE”

14. DHAMOLI TEEJ :
GIVES A MESSAGE HOW INTEGRATED THE BANJARA ARE BY
SHARING THE CHURMO PRASAD IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR
ECONOMICAL STANDARDS.

15. GANGOR TEEJ:
YOUTH HIDE THEEJ DONA ON GANGORE THEEJ.
THOUGH THE GIRLS WERE DAY LONG FASTING, THEY DON’T ACCEPT THE
PRASAD TILL THE DONA ARE REPLACED.
IT GIVES A MESSAGE HOW COMMITED THE GOR BANJARA GIRLS IN
WORSHIPPING THE GODS.
TEEJ VOLDI:
THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THE ELDER GIRLS TO GET MARRIED BEFORE THE NEXT
THEEJ AND IF IT SO HAPPENS THEY CAN’T PERFORM THE THEEJ ANY MORE .
ONCE MARRIED THEY WILL BE FORCED TO BE TREATED AS GUESTS TO THEIR OWN
PARENTS.
SO BEFORE BRINGING DOWN THE THEEJ BASKETS (VOLDI) BY THE YOUTH,THE
ELDER UNMARRIED GIRLS CREATE A SORROWFUL SCENARIO BY WEEPING AND
NOT ALLOWING THEM.

16. PRESENTLY IN MANY THANDAS IT IS BEING CELEBRATED ON THE
LAST DAY OF TEEJ FESTIVAL AS “CHUTO KADAV” DUE TO NON
AVAILABILITY OF UNMARRIED GIRLS IN THANDAS AS THEY ARE
BUSY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INSTITUTIONS DURING SHRAAVANA
MONTH .
THOUGH WE ARE CELEBRATING TEEJ FESTIVAL IN A BIG WAY IN
TOWNS AND UNIVERSITIES, BUT THE FESTIVAL IS LOOSING ITS
IMPORTANCE IN THANDAS
GRADUALLY THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE THEEJ FESTIVAL IS EITHER
BECOMING NAMESAKE IN THANDAS OR AS SHOW OFF
PROGRAMMES IN CITIES AS IT IS BEING CELEBRATED WITHOUT
MUCH PARTICIPATION OF UNMARRIED GIRLS.
BECAUSE OF WHICH SO MUCH OF MEANINGFUL MESSAGES AS
EXPLIANED EARLIER ARE NOT GETTING TRANSFERED TO THE NEXT
GENERATIONS.

17.  BY GETTING RECOGNISED BY GOVERNMENT
 BY GETTING SUITABLE HOLIDAYS

18. TO GET RECOGNISED LET US CELEBRATE BOTH THE FESTIVALS IN
ALL THANDAS IN THE SAME PERIOD DURING THE RESPECTIVE
AUSPICIOUS DAYS.

19. EVERY YEAR LET US CELEBRATE SEETHLA FESTIVAL ON 1st TUESDAY
OF SAME PUNARVASU KARTHE.

20.  IT IS NOT A SINGLE DAY FESTIVAL. IT IS A FESTIVAL OF 9 DAYS.
 DURING THE SHRAVANA MONTH WHEN THE THEEJ FESTIVAL IS
BEING CELEBRATED,THE MAXIMUM STUDENTS WILL BE BUSY WITH
THEIR STUDY SCHEDULE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INSTITUTIONS FOR
THEIR FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMS.
 THOUGH THE STUDENTS ARE BUSY,THEY ARE LEAVING THE
ISTITIUTIONS TO ATTEND THE FESTIVAL ON DIFFERENT DAYS IN
DIFFERENT THANDAS.
 DUE TO WHICH THE ORGANISERS OF THE INSTITUTIONS ARE
ALSO VERY MUCH WORRIED ABOUT THE IRREGULAR ATTENDANCE
OF THE STUDENTS .
 HENCE THE BEST PERIOD FOR CELEBRATION OF THEEJ WILL BE
WHEN THE YOUTH GET MAXIMUM HOLIDAYS TO CELEBRATE IT FOR
NINE DAYS WITH GOOD SPIRT.
 SO WHEN ?

21.  THE BEST PERIOD WILL BE DURING THE NAVARATHRI PERIOD
(1st TERM HOLIDAYS FOR TELUGU STATE INSTITUTIONS)
DURING WHICH PERIOD NAVARATHRI UTSAVAS ARE BEING
CELEBRATED PRAYING THE HINDU GODESS DURGA MATHA IN
MANY PARTS OF INDIA.
( MERAMA MATHA MAY BE AN AVATAR OF DURGA MATHA)
.

22.  THE ALTERNATE PERIOD WILL BE IN THE SAME SHRAVANA MONTH
ONLY.
 DURING THE SHRAVANA & CORRESPONDING ENGLISH MONTH
IF THE FOLLOWING TABLE IS FOLLOWED , THE STUDENTS (YOUTH)
WILL GET MAXIMUM HOLIDAYS.
1st FRIDAY GHAMHU GAALERO (SOAKING WHEAT)
1st SATURDAY THEEJ BORAYERO Req for Optional Holiday
1st SUNDAY BORADI THEEJ
2nd FRIDAY DHAMOLI THEEJ Req for General Holiday
2nd SATURDAY GANGOR THEEJ
2nd SUNDAY KADAAVO THEEJ
THEEJ THODERO
THEEJ VERAYERO
 ACCORDINGLY WHEN THE DATES ARE FIXED ,WE CAN REQUEST THE
GOVERNMENT FOR RECOGNITION .

23. THE RECOGNISED SINGLE DAY SEETHLA FESTIVAL AND NINE
DAYS THEEJ FESTIVAL ARE TO BE HONOURED BY
DECLARING SUITABLE HOLIDAYS BY THE GOVERNMENT.
FOR WHICH WE SHOULD REQUEST THE GOVT TO DECLARE
ONE OPTIONAL HOLIDAY AND TWO GENERAL HOLIDAYS FOR
BOTH THE FESTIVALS,
THEN THE GREAT TRADITIONAL GOR BANJARA FESTIVALS
WILL BE CELEBRATED BY ALL THE GOR BANJARAS
INCLUDING STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, BUISINESS PEOPLE,
PROFESSIONALS AND POLITICIANS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
THANDAS.
AND IT WILL FECILITATE THE ELDERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO
TRANSFER THE IMPORTANT MESSAGES OF THE
TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.
BY WHICH WE CAN CONTINUE OUR GREAT HERITAGE

24.  15-02-2017 SEVALAL MAHARAJ JAYANTHI
SEETHLA PUNARVASU (PEDDA PUSHALA) KARTHE
 11-07-2017 FIRST TUESDAY SEETHLA FESTIVAL
TEEJ SHRAAVANA MONTH
 04-09-2017 – FIRST FRIDAY GHAMHU GAALERU
 05-09-2017 – FIRST SATURDAY TEEJ BOYERO
 06-09-2017 – FIRST SUNDAY BORADI TEEJ
 11-09-2017 – SECOND FRIDAY DHAMOLI TEEJ
 12-09-2017 – SECOND SATURDAY GANGOR TEEJ
 13-09-2017 – SECOND SUNDAY KADAVO THEEJ
 TEEJ TODERO
 TEEJ VERAYERO

25.  LET US DEMAND FOR SUITABLE HOLIDAYS TO PRESERVE THE TRADITIONAL
HERITAGE OF THE GOR BANJARA COMMUNITY.
 FOR THE YEAR 2017 THE DEMAND FOR HOLIDAYS SHOULD BE AS
FOLLOWS
 15-02-2017 SEVALAL JAYANTHI GENERAL HOLIDAY
 11-07-2017 (FIRST TUESDAY) SEETHLA FESTIVAL GENERAL HOLIDAY
 05-09-2017 (FIRST SATURDAY) TEEJ BOYERO OPTIONAL HOLIDAY
 11-09-2017 (SECOND FRIDAY) DHAMOLI TEEJ GENERAL HOLIDAY
ONCE FINALISED , CAN BE PRINTED IN CALENDERS

26. GOR JATH SYSTEM

27. GLOBALLY NONE OTHER THAN GOR BANJARA JATH HAS
BHAIPAN & SEGASAN RELATIONS.
WHILE TRAVELLING FROM RAJASTHAN, OUR GOR BANJARAS
HAVE SETTLED IN VARIOUS STATES WITH VARIOUS NAMES
VIZ. BANJARA, LABANA , LAMBADA, BAZIGAR ETC.
SINCE INDIA IS A MULTI LINGUISTIC & MULTI CULTURAL
COUNTRY, WHERE GOR BANJARAS WERE FORCED TO
FOLLOW THE REGIONAL CUSTOMS IN DIFFERENT STATES.
SIMILARLY OUR JATH SYSTEM WAS ALSO AFFECTED BY
THE REGIONAL JATH SYSTEM IN DIFFERENT STATES.

28.  IN NORTHERN INDIA OUR GOR BANJARAS SUFFIX THEIR
RESPECTIVE GOTH VIZ. CHOUHAN, RATHOD, PAMAR OR
JADAV/VADTHYA WITH THEIR NAMES AS THEIR SUR NAMES
AS NORTH INDIANS FOLLOW .
 WHERE AS IN SOUTHERN INDIA EXCEPT SOUTH KARNATAKA,
THE GOR BANJARAS PREFIX THEIR RESPECTIVE JATH OR
PADA WITH THEIR NAMES.
 IN SOUTH KARNATAKA THE GOR BANJARAS FOLLOW THE
LOCAL CUSTOMS AND PREFIX THEIR RESPECTIVE VILLAGE
AND FATHER’S NAME AS THEIR SUR NAME.
 AS SUCH THERE IS A CONFUSION AMONG THE GOR
BANJARAS OF DIFFERENT STATES REGARDING THE
BANJARA JATH SYSTEM.

29.  AS LONG AS WE ARE CONNECTED WITH THANDAS, THE
ELDERS HELP IN KNOWING THE RELATIONS.
 BUT AS OUR PEOPLE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE
THANDAS FOR LIFE SETTLEMENTS IN TOWNS AND CITIES,
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE IN CONFUSION IN MAINTAINING THE
BHAIPAN AND SEGASAN RELATIONS WITH NEW PEOPLE.
 THE SECOND GENERATION WHO TAKE BIRTH IN CITIES , WHO
DON’T HAVE CONTACTS WITH THANDA GOR BANJARAS, ARE
NOT EVEN AWARE OF THE TERMS BHAIPAN AND SEGASAN
RELATIONS .

30.  THE BHAI PAN AND SEGASAN RELATION IS A GOD GIVEN GIFT
SINCE THE BIRTH OF OUR GOR BANJARA JATH .
 SO LET US MAINTAIN THE SAME RELATIONS TILL THE GOR
BANJARA JATH EXIST ON THE EARTH.

31. WE THE GLOBAL GOR BANJARAS HAVE ONLY 5 GOTH
THEY ARE….
1. CHO GOTH CHOWHAN,
2. SATH GOTH RATHOD
3. BARA GOTH PAMAR
4. THEEN THAKTHER CHOUDA GHAR VADTHYA
5. EK JATH THOORI THI SE GOTH POORI.
6. AFTER AJMERA AND BARMAVATH WERE ADDED TO THE
VADTHYA GOTH, THEY USED TO CALL IT AS
EACH GOTH HAS MANY JATH AND PADAS.
ALL JATH AND PADAS OF THAT GOTH ARE BHAIPAN.
REST OF THE GOTH ANDTHIER JATH AND PADA ARE SEGASAN.
SEGASEN CAN HAVE MATRIMONIAL RELATIONS.

32. WE SHOULD FEEL PROUD BY HAVING SUCH BEAUTIFUL &
HISTORICAL GOR BANJARA GOTH.
BY HAVING THE GOTH AS SUR NAMES, IT NOT ONLY
INCREASES THE GLORY OF GOR BANJARAS, BUT ALSO
AVOIDS THE INTRA GOTH MATRIMONIAL RELATIONS.
SO LET US ALL HAVE OUR RESPECTIVE GOTH
WITH OUR NAMES AS SUR NAMES
AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
THE BHAIPAN / SEGASEN RELATIONS .

33.  AS EVERYBODY KNOWS THE GOR BANJARAS HAVE
 GOTH , JATH , PATH / PADA
 BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION REGARDING
THE NUMBER OF GOTH, JATH & PADA.
 IN SOME AREAS WITHIN THE RATHOD GOTH, BANOTH,
JATOTH , DHARAMSOTH , ALOTH , MOON , MUCCHAL ARE
TREATED AS SEPARATE GOTH CALLED AS ADE AND ONLY
BHUKYA AS RATHOD.
 BY CREATING THIS DIFFERENCE IN RATHOD GOTH , INTRA
GOTH MATRIMONIALS ARE BEING TAKING PLACE IN RATHOD.

34.  IN DELHI , NOT ONLY INTRA GOTH MATRIMONIALS IN RATHOD
GOTH , BUT ALSO LOT OF INTRA GOTH & INTRA JATH
MARRIAGES ARE TAKING PLACE IN ALL REST OF THE GOTH ,
JATH AND PADAS.
 WHEN ENQUIRED , THE ANSWER WAS , DUE TO NON
AVAILABILITY OF JATH MATCHES , THEY DECIDED TO GO FOR
INTRA GOTH , INTRA JATH MATRIMONIALS.
 PRESENTLY 90% ARE INTRA GOTH INTRA JATH
MATRIMONIALS IN DELHI AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

35.  SHALL WE ALLOW SUCH INCIDENTS TO HAPPEN IN REST OF
THE INDIA ?
OR
 SHALL WE RESTRICT OURSELVES TO THE CUSTOMS WHICH
OUR ELDERS, THOUGH ILLETERATE AND BRANDED AS UN-
CIVILISED FOLLOWED ?
 LET US NOT ALLOW SUCH INTRA GOTH MARRIAGES TO TAKE
PLACE.
 THEN HOW TO OVERCOME ?

36.  ONLY BY PREFIXING OR SUFFIXING OUR RESPECTIVE
GOTH WITH OUR NAMES AND BY REQUESTING ALL TO
STRICTLY AVOID INTRA GOTH , INTRA JATH , INTRA PADA
MATRIMONIAL RELATIONS.

37.  LOT OF OUR GREAT LEGENDS
MENTIONED AT VARIOUS PLACES
REGARDING THE
GOR BANJARA JATH TREE.
 WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY
I COLLECTED AND PREPARED
A TABLE WHICH WILL
FECILITATE THE FUTURE
GENERATIONS
PARTICULARLY WHO WILL BE
AWAY FROM THANDAS .