Jharkhand

Folk Dances of Jharkhand. The folk dance portrays the tribal community and their stories act as a popular theme for dance. The tribe which is popular for folk dance in Jharkhand is ' Kunjbans'. Kunjbans tribe is main performers of folk dance they have performed in Europe, US and Asian countries. ICCR stands for Indian Council for Cultural Relations. This dance is accompanied by traditional music and some traditional equipment. Karma Dance. Karma dance is a folk dance performed in 4 state of India are Bihar, Madhya Pradesh ,Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. This dance is performed in the month of August during Karma festival. This dance has derived its name from the tree named Karma. This dance start after the plantation of trees during Karma festival. Hunta Dance. Hunting dance of Santhals of Jharkhand is known as Hunta dance. This is a powerful dance and requires alot of strength and vigour. This dance is performed by only men. This dance depicts the act of p

DRAVIDIAN LANGUAGE. It includes languages such as Korwa,Oraon,Paharia. It include approximately 73 different lingoes , between Korwa, Oraon and Paharia. Paharia language is looked upon as Bengali - Assamese language. INDO - ARYAN LANGUAGE. Almost all main languages of Jharkhand own a link with Indo - Aryan language. INDO ARYAN LANGUAGE has tumbled down from 3 main dialects. Chief lingos in Jharkhand are Urdu , Odiya , Bengali , Nagpur , Khortha , Bhojpuri , Angika and Sadri. Odiya language belongs to Indo Aryan linguistic group. Kurukh and Birhor language also known as Kurux. Magahi language is originated from Magadhi Prakrit. Angika, Indo Aryan language spoken mainly by the people of Anga region of India. Angika lingo has a resemblance with 'Cham ' dialect. These languages are widely spread in all the regions of Jharkhand. Indo Aryan language is spoken by Indigenous non - tribal group. MUNDA LANGUAGE/AUSTRO - ASIATIC. It includes different languages su

The major languages of Jharkhand possess a connecting link with the Indo - Aryan language. Hindi is the official language of Jharkhand. The Angika language is the main language to commune in whole area of Santhal Pargana. OL CHIKI SCRIPT  inventor was Pandit Raghunath Murmu. Pandit Raghunath Murmu was popularly known as Guru Gomke among the Santhals. OL CHIKI SCRIPT is also known as ol cement,ol script. OL means writing . OL CHIKI SCRIPT is for Santhal people. OL CHIKI letters are arranged in a matrix of 6 by 5. 6 letters in the 1st column of the matrix are vowels and rest 24 letters are consonants. OL CHIKI is alphabetic and it does not share any of the syllabic properties of the other Indian scripts. OL CHIKI SCRIPT belongs to Munda group languages of the Austro - Asiatic family.

Hizla Mela organised on bank of river Mayurakshi in Dumka district. Hizla Mela is one of the oldest fair of Jharkhand. Hizla Mela came into existence in 1890 by DM of Dumka Robert Castries. Kalhua Mela ancient religious fair held twice in a year during Magh Basant Panchami and Chatra - Ramnavami. Kalhua Mela is organised near beautiful lake and ancient temple of goddess Kali on top of the hill. Surajkund Fair is held at 'Surajkund hot spring ' of Hazaribagh district. Surajkund fair starts on Makar Sankranti and continue for 10 days. Ekesse Mahadev fair is a huge fair held on Makar Sankranti at middle of Bhur river with 21 Shivlings is located at this place. Narsingh Sthan Mela held on full Moon day of Kartik month of Nar Singh place in Hazaribagh every year. Shravani Mela held every year during Sawaan in Deoghar and Dumka ( Basukinath). Shravani Mela devotees ( Kawarias) bring water from Ganga at Sultanganj and offer it to Shivlings at Baidynath temple. Navami Dol

Rohini festival is the 1st festival of Jharkhand calender. Rohini festival is the festival of sowing seeds. Tusu Parab is a harvest festival for unmarried girls. Rajsawala Ambavati and Chitgomba is celebrated with Karma festival. Hal Punhya festival is celebrated on 1st day of Magh month known as 'Akhain Jatra'. Hal Punhya festival begins with fall of winter and beginning of ploughing. Bandana is celebrated for purpose to acknowledge the role of animals in farmer's life. Ohira (folk song) dedicated to animals. Chhath Puja is the festival of Sun God. Chhath Puja is celebrated twice in a year during April and November. Sohrai festival is celebrated during the festival of Diwali in November month. Sohrai festival is associated with cattle worship. Budha Baba is worshipped during Bhagat Parab. Deshawali festival is held once in 12 years. Deshawali festival people offered Buffaloes to 'Marar Buru ' Lord Shiva. Jitiya festival celebrated in Ashvin month.

Korambe is known as - Haldighati of Chhotanagpur. Tapvrat Chakvarty is famous as - Mani Cartoonist. Ranchi known as - Shimla of Jharkhand. Maluti is famous as - Village of Temples. Basukinath is famous as - City of Priests. Birsa Munda is famous as - Bhagwan Birsa. Birsa Munda is known as - Dharti Aaba. Jaipal Singh is known as - Marang Gomke. Babu Ram Narayan Singh is known as - Chhotanagpur Kesri. Shiny Soren is famous as - Guruji and Dishomguru. Basant Kumar Tirkey is known as - Cha-cha. Mukund Nayak is known as - Prince of Chhotanagpur stage. C.S Dubey is known as - Dadai Dubey. Radhakrishna is known as - Lal Babu. M.S Dhoni is famous as - Mahi. Saroja Ajier is famous as - Badi Dadi. Kusum Joshi is famous as - Sister Nirmala. Saranda is known as - Area of 700 Hills. Jamshedpur is famous as - Pitsberg of India. Ranchi is known as - Town of Martyrs. Ranchi is known as - City of waterfall. Netarhat is known as - Queen of hills. Dhanbad city is known as - Black

Hockey is the most favourite sport in Jharkhand. Jaipal Singh was the captain of the hockey team that won the first Gold medal for India in Olympic game 1928. JOA stands for Jharkhand Olympic Association. JOA is affiliated to IOA. IOA stands for Indian Olympic Association. Olympians from Jharkhand are - Jaipal Singh Munda, Birendra Laura, Michael Kindo are of Hockey and Deepika Kumari of Archery. SAJHA stands for Sports Authority of Jharkhand. Birsa Munda Stadium is in Ranchi. Birsa Munda Stadium hosted 2011 National Game of India. Birsa Munda Stadium has sitting capacity 35,000 spectator. Birsa Munda Stadium has fire, dust and rust proof roof. Keenan Stadium is in Jamshedpur. Keenan Stadium is a multipurpose Stadium used for Cricket , Football and also Archery. Keenan Stadium is named after John Lawrence Keenan, general manager of Tata Steel. Mohan Kumar Mangalam Stadium is in Bokaro,managed by ( BSL) Bokaro Steel Plant. Mohan Kumar Mangalam Stadium has capacity of 3

Jharkhand is a Land - Locked state. Situated on the North - Eastern part of India. Position according to its area is 16th. Position according to its population is 14th. Climate is of sub - tropical monsoon type. Residual soil is found. Tropic of Cancer passes almost through the centre of the state. Tropic of Cancer passes through Ranchi district. Jharkhand is 28th state of India. Jharkhand is separated from southern part of Bihar. Land cut during separation of Jharkhand from Bihar was about 45.80% of Bihar. Jharkhand was formed on 15th Nov 2000. Jharkhand total geographical area is 79714 sq km. Jharkhand total geographical area in percentage is 2.42% of the country. Latitudinal extension is 21°58'10" to 25°18' North. Longitudinal extension is 83°19'50" to 87°57' East. Rural area is 77,922sq km. Urban areas is 1792sq km. Northern portion of Jharkhand is broad and southern portion is narrow. North - South length of Jharkhand is 380 km. Eas

Many different things belonging to different ages have been found in Jharkhand . Idols of Buddha have been excavated at Katunga Village in Gumla district. Manbhum district of Jharkhand remained the major center of Jains culture. Several remains of Jainism have been found in the river valleys of Damodar and Kasai. Dalmi, an archaeological site is on bank of river Subarnarekha. Ranchi is the store house of materials belonging to the middle stone age. Bodeya Temple where inscription from 1682 BC is found in Ranchi. Vikramshila University is an excellent example of the architecture of the Pala period. Belwadag village in Ranchi is known to be part of Buddha Vihar Murtiya village in Palamu is famous for Buddhist remains found during excavation. Huen Tsang in his writing mentioned about Shashank kingdom in Jharkhand. Many Jains idols in Pakwira and near Kasai river was found by Colonel Dalton. According to Huen Tsang 'Shashank ' dynasty overthrew the religion of Buddhi

There are 2 types of literary sources of Jharkhand they are Religious and Non-Religious.  Religious sources. Bhagwadpuran Jharkhand is termed as ' Kikkat Pradesh' Vedic age Jharkhand is termed as ' Kikkat Pradesh'. Later vedic  age  Jharkhand  is  termed as ' Vratya Pradesh'. 'Vayu Purana'  Jharkhand  is  termed as Murand. Vishnu Purana Jharkhand  is  termed as Mund. Digvijay parab of Maharashtra Jharkhand is termed as 'Pundaric desh' /Pashubhumi /Karkkhand/ Arkkhand. Jharkhand is also mentioned in 'Markandeya Purana'. Jharkhand name was used  for  the first time in Aitaray Brahman (Pundr). 23rd Tirthankar of Jains Parsvanath's  liberation  took  place at Parasnath hill in 8th century BC Jharkhand. Non- Religious sources. Prayag prashasti of  Samudra Gupta  Jharkhand is termed as Murund Mughal age  Jharkhand  is termed as Kukra or Khukhara.  Ain-i-Akbari and Akbarnama Jharkhand was termed as Kokra and Khankarah.

Archaeological sources . Archaeologists have found evidences in different parts of Jharkhand which provide them with substantial amount of information about the place.These evidences are copper tools, jewellery, Stone tools, coins, idols etc. Early Stone age.Stone tools like hand axe and scraper have been found in place like Bokaro,Deoghar,Dumka, Banda in Hazaribagh and Damodar river area in Ramgarh.Copper utensils and tools have been found in Bargunda and Karharbari. Deep underground caves have been found in Isko village near Hazaribagh, which suggest that man lived underground in ice age.Pottery, tatoos, marriage and harvest paintings have been found here.Several other materials belonging to the old stone age have been found in areas like Amainagar,  Chaibasa, Dahigadha, Dhorangi, Narsinghgarh, Jagannath,Lotapahad etc. Middle stone age.Many archaeological proofs have been found in Dhanbad and some regions of Dumka and Palamu,relating to the middle stone age.Dalmi an archaeologic