Pharisa Pen

Pharisā Pen is the foundational ancestor-god of the Gond people — India's largest tribal community (~13 million). In Gondi religion he is the primordial culture-hero who taught agriculture, smelting, and the dividing of clans. Gondi religion (known as Koyapoonem or Gondi Dharma) maintains a sophisticated 18-gana clan system with dedicated deities for each. Pharisā Pen is the shared ancestor. Gonds have historically resisted classification as Hindu (though census often records them so