Hill Reddis
The Hill Reddis or Konda Reddis are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[1] They are entirely unrelated to the Hindu caste also known by the name Reddi.[2] They tend to live in the Godavari district as it was called during the British Raj. Today the area is known as the Khammam district. There are also a small number in West Godavari district and East Godavari district.[3]
The Hill Reddis normally speak in Telugu with outsiders.
The 1991 Census of India counted 432 Hill Reddis.
Religion
The Hill Reddis traditional religion does not have the concept of a spirit being inside man.[4] However the Reddis worship dead ancestors, the hills, local gods and accepted Hindu gods.
Sources
- ↑ "List of notified Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). Census India. pp. 21–22. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ Fürer-Haimendorf, C. von | The Reddis of the Bison Hills--A Study in Acculturation. London, 1945.
- ↑ http://www.webindia123.com/andhra/art/art.htm
- ↑ http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_305.html
- Godavari District Gazetteer, p. 66-67.
- http://www.aptribes.gov.in/html/tcr-studies-eci-hill-reddis.htm
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