Sarna (place)

Sarna is a place of worship in Chotanagpur region of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. It is a sacred grove, where people of village gather to perform rituals in village festival.[1]

Ritual

Sarna is scared groove consist of Sal tree called Sarai in Chotanagpur. It is remaintant of forest patch in the village, where spirit reside.[2] According to traditional belief, Sarna is residing place of gaon khut (village deity), the founder of village. Each year people gather to offer sacrifice to Sun, village deity and ancestors for good harvest and safety of village. The village priest in Chotanagpur is known as Pahan, sometimes called Laya. Pahan and his assistant Pujar sacrifice animals especially goat. Then cooked meat is eaten with Tapan (liquor).[1] The ritual of Sarhul festival takes place in Sarna.[3][4]

Sarna is place of worship in village of the Sadan and Kurukh of Chotanagpur.[5][6][7] Several tribal organization including Santal are demanding separate religious code for Sarna as Sarnaism as they belief it is different from Hinduism.[8][9] Although Santals call their sacred groves Jaher and village priest Naike.[10][11]

References
  1. "सरहुल पर अनूठी परंपरा... झारखंड के इस गांव में खौलते तेल में हाथ डालकर बनाए जाते हैं पकवान". jagran. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. Sanjay Nath (2015). "Pages from the Old Records: A Note on 'The "Kols" of Chota-Nagpore' by E.T. Dalton". academia.edu: 34. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. "All You Need to Know About the Festival Celebrated in Jharkhand". news18. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  4. "झारखंड में मनाया जा रहा है प्रकृति का पर्व सरहुल, झूम रहे हैं लोग". zeenews. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  5. Jewitt, Sarah (31 July 2019). Environment, Knowledge and Gender: Local Development in India's Jharkhand. ISBN 978-1351729895. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  6. Manish Ranjan (2022). JHARKHAND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2021. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 9789354883002.
  7. "बख्तर साय मुंडल सिंह के बताए राह पर चलें". bhaskar. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  8. "Explained: What Is The Sarna Religious Code And What Are Its Followers Demanding?". outlook india. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  9. "ST panel for independent religion status to Sarna". The Times of India. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  10. Schulte-Droesch 2018, p. 187.
  11. Hembrom 1996, p. 41.


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