Showing a facet of their thinking that runs at odds with the trend in much of India, the Soligas rejoice in the birth of a female more than that of a male baby.
Soligas have actively fought for their tribal rights, their struggles led by the community’s welfare organisation — the Zilla Budakattu Girijana Abhivruddhi Sangha.
The act restored land and conservation rights in forests to their original beneficiaries — the forest-dwelling tribal communities — across the country.
With monkeys and wild boars wreaked havoc on the forest produce, over 600 tribal families are currently involved in coffee cultivation in the BR Hills.
Daasegowda is a Thammadi who practices shamanism in Bhutani Podu. This is the place where people come to for any kind of illness. A small temple is present inside the premises of his house .