An improvement in the status of Holeya and Madiga community in present scenario: (Special reference to Ramanagara District)

Abstract

Indian society is a very unique in the world because only Indian social system is had caste system. An average 6 thousand castes are in India. Before caste system varna system was origin in india. We can identify four varnas in varna system. Which are Brahmana, Kshthriya, Vyashy, Shudra. Mainly few people of aboriginals are stood against this varna system. Varna system has hierarchy in nature, Brahmans is the superior of this system, and likewise Kashthriya is secondly, thirdly Vyshya and finally or lastly is Shudra of this system. When aboriginals start appose all these cruel four Varna system, upper class people start to put them as separated who are all against them. So these people are called as punchamas. This fifth Varna or punchamas has to do all above four Varna’s duties. There are thousands of castes in Karnataka among them 101 caste belongs to scheduled castes, in these prominent castes are Holaya, Madiga, Banjara, Bhovi, Adi Dravida and Bhambi etc.