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Mantra
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Deities
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Maraṅ Buru ("Great Mountain") is the high-god of the Santal people — the second-largest tribal community in India. In Santal cosmology, Maraṅ Buru is the creator and the arbiter of human fate, worshipped alongside Jaher Era (the goddess of sacred groves). Santal Sarnaism is the traditional religion of the Santal people — spoken in Santali, with central rituals conducted in sacred groves (jāher or sarna) of sal trees. Maraṅ Buru is the primary deity; Jaher Era ("Lady of the Grove") and Mo
