How Shiva and Narasimha worship assimilated Adivasis in Andhra Pradesh

The Adivasi people of the Eastern Ghats have shaped the history of South India-as well as the history of Hinduism itself. Anirudh Kanisetti explores the medieval temples of Ahobilam and Draksharamam to understand how.
Sources:
Durga, PS Kanaka, and YA Sudhakar Reddy. "Kings, Temples and Legitimation of Autochthonous Communities. A Case Study of a South Indian Temple." Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient/Journal de l'histoire economique et sociale de l'Orient (1992): 145-166.
Jaiswal, Suvira. "Evolution of the Narasimha Legend and Its Possible Sources." In Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol. 34, pp. 140-151. Indian History Congress, 1973.
Parasher Sen, Aloka. Gender, religion and local history: the early Deccan. New Delhi: Primus Books, 2023.
Rao, Velcheru Narayana, David Shulman and Sanjay Subrahmanyam. "A new imperial idiom in the sixteenth century: Krishnadevaraya and his political theory of Vijayanagara". In South-Indian Horizons: Felicitation volume for François Gros on the occasion of his 70th birthday, edited by Jean-Luc Chevillard and Eva Wilde, 597-625. Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry, Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 2004.
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[@mikesheth5370]

Many warrior adivasi were incorporated as Kshatriyas and later Rajputs in scheme of chaturvarna!

[@user-yt2nm3wm5i]

The Historical and Cultural significance of Region of land of Telugu was less discussed in mainstream, glad you brought it up

[@manh9105]

The term adivasi is a 20th century construct mostly an English missionaries project

[@yj9032]

You people are just angry that your religion is not the first one in India. It is a fact that adivasis are the first ones in India. Keep crying.

[@kicksomeup6998]

@@yj9032 There is actually no proof to that effect. But okay.

[@karthikkumar2972]

​@@yj9032 what you mean by "your religion"? Can you please explain what is Hinduism and so called adivasi religion. Once you start defining them you will get know they are not different. Most of the adivasi practices and gods are not different from so called "Brahminical" religion. It's just natural advancement to so called "adivasi" religion like slowly it got structured, organised and advancement in literature, philosophy, architecture, science etc. Problem is leftists and missionaries(starting from British rule) try to divide Hindus in every way possible and we stupids beleive them. They even manufactured separatism in Sikhs, and also Aryan and Dravidian seperatism.

[@Vpy2023]

Interesting story as always man!! Nice to see history from a historian and not from a politician turned pseudo-historian who can’t even pronounce names properly. There are several history channels like these which I hate.

[@arunareddy7254]

Your narrations are very good Anirudha. Good choice of words. God bless you. Just slow down a bit as I feel the narration a bit too fast. Hope you take my suggestion in good spirit.

[@eswargirish3408]

Really want people to comment whether they accept his alternate history. On a research level what is his source of that statement

[@kalyanreddy7833]

unfortunately vry few Adivasis follow Hinduism, in Andhra above 90% sc/st follow Christianity. Unofficial Andhra religion is 30% minorities both Christian n muslims. Hence YSR party has leading TDP is lagging

[@REDDY-45]

😢 yes bro dont vote jagan save andhra

[@Myavepea]

Stop Discrimination

[@REDDY-45]

@@Myavepea lol it is not about discrimination ttd allows all caste even dalit priest also there in my state

[@Myavepea]

@@REDDY-45 nice joke 🤣

[@REDDY-45]

@@Myavepea hey youcan check your cookked up stories will not work in south india

[@ekamsat429]

Good to see the flanking book pillars gone in this pillar gods story. In fact, gentle storytelling might be more a suitable and engaging format than rapid thesis narration.

[@ayes1669]

Ahhhhh 😍😘🌩

[@rengarajvenkatesh693]

Pronunciation is not cleqt

[@karjun6854]

Am from the peice of land Nandyala where ahobila, srisaila and chenchu there

[@gopalaraodasari7743]

Is there a commonality with respect to temple architecture in the deccan or south india. If so how many can be attributed to gods of pre vedic,vedic or post vedic dieties and thence can one draw conclusions 'ambiguous' or not to worshippers coming from migrations of indo aryan people?.

[@subramanyasaib5571]

Seems that finally the so called forum has found the significance and acknowledged the presence of the importance spiritual temples in the telugu states , should have been good if the car so called reviewer would have transcended down to this place and provided review!! need to see if there are more temples get covered as part of the upcoming "lords of deccan" or some other medium covers it!!

[@MindzpeakPodcast]

Can you also mention about the the Gudimallam temple, I see similarities between draksharamam and gudimallam, and is there a link between Pashupati seal of Harrappa and these pillar dieties ? all over the world we see pillar worship or monolith worship, what's the link ? infact there is an Australian aboriginal story which claims a pillar appeared and then all living entities came out of that pillar, please dig deeper.

[@desistarktm7270]

Hinduism is many things good and bad but wiping out others cultures is not one of them.

[@user-gf5dr5nq6l]

Pushyamitra would disagree

[@aksshaysharma96]

His attack on Buddhists, was not on account of enmity towards a religion, but because it was affecting the sovereignty of then MAgadha empire and then his own territory. @@user-gf5dr5nq6l

[@pseudosoda9608]

@@user-gf5dr5nq6l assuming that is the case, exception is not the norm!

[@anshul6168]

@@user-gf5dr5nq6l Stop spreadling lies

[@manh9105]

@@user-gf5dr5nq6l really, what do you know about Pushyamitra apart from the usual bile produced by Romila thapar and her leftist cabal

[@adithyaadi1363]

They are vanavasis not adivasi and tribals in south pray to same gods as us they don't think they are different... This missionary propaganda that tribals are different effected only middle &eastern Indian tribes like sarnas and others in that area...

[@pseudosoda9608]

It is Janjati not adivasi

[@ShrekCunther]

Dosen't matter to Mr Anirudh, even if we show genetic evidence of arrival of these adivasi much later than so called aryans it doesn't matter.... 🤦‍♂, please print..... humanities in india needs serious change in langauge....

[@yj9032]

No, it’s adivasi

[@adithyaadi1363]

@@yj9032 they are vanavasis not adivasi

[@rnilu86]

I went to Purulia(Adivasi area in West Bengal) few years ago. I saw this written on walls "Don't call us Janajati. We are Adivasi". I don't know who is right.

[@ShrekCunther]

@@rnilu86 go by evidence... did so called brhaminical empires exists alog with these tribes if yes nither have a claim of concoted adivasi that's for native americans only

[@yj9032]

The amount of genocides committed by Hindus must be discussed

[@fakeneyoo224]

What ? Marxist nonsense

[@MeraBharatMahaan887]

Well, yet another person came up with lies for the sole purpose of anti Hindu propaganda 😂. We from telugu region cannot accept this. 😂