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Deities

Barnawapara Deities

Tribal Sanctuary Deities of Barnawapara

Tradition · Hindu

Period · Ancient–Medieval

✓ Guardian-reviewed

Historical PeriodEra

Ancient–Medieval

3000 BCEAncient–MedievalPresent

Sacred Facts · At a Glance

Mantra

Traditional tribal invocations

Gender: male
Sacred Colours: redblackwhite
Sacred Offerings: rice · handia rice beer · coconut · vermillion · tambi (copper)

Primary Scriptures

2 sources

Tribal oral traditionsoral
Local Chhattisgarhi traditionsoral

Barnawapara

Tribal Sanctuary

Overview

Barnawapara is a protected area in Chhattisgarh with tribal worship sites.

Key Facts

State: Chhattisgarh
District: Balrampur

Source: Local tradition

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✦Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations✦

MantraTraditional tribal invocations

Offerings: ricehandia rice beercoconutvermilliontambi (copper)
Sacred colours: redblackwhite

📖 Stories

Tribal Guardian Deities
Barnawapara is a protected forest area with tribal worship sites. Local communities venerate forest guardian deities associated with the region's natural environment and tribal heritage.
— Local tradition

🪔 Worship Procedures

Daily rites

• morning offerings

• weekly tribal rituals

Puja sequence

rice
handia rice beer
coconut
vermillion

🛕 Principal Temples

Barnawapara Tribal Shrine ComplexUnknown / pre-colonial
📍 Barnawapara, Balrampur, Chhattisgarh, India
23.6333°, 83.1333° — view on map
Festivals: Holi · Navratri
Tribal worship site within protected forest area; local deity traditions

🎊 Festivals

Barnawapara Tribal Festival
Holi (Feb–Mar) · 3–5 days
Local Harvest Festival
November · 2–3 days

📜 Primary Scriptural Sources

Tribal oral traditionsoral
Local Chhattisgarhi traditionsoral

Sources & provenance

📜 1 Primary🎓 2 Scholarly📖 2 Tertiary

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Primary sourceBook
K. S. Singh. Tribal Culture in Medieval Chhattisgarh (1958)
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Scholarly sourceBook
Chhattisgarh District Gazetteer (1900)
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Scholarly sourceBook
Balrampur District Gazetteer (1880)
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Supporting reference
Al-Biruni's observations on central Indian tribal practices (1025)
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Supporting reference
Xuanzang's 7th-c. records of Dakshina Kosala (7th c.)

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