Religious violence in Odisha
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Religious violence in Odisha consists of civil unrest and riots in the Indian state of Odisha in 1990s and early 2000s. Violence also took place against Christians by Hindu nationalists.
A girl who was bruised and burnt during violence in Orissa in August 2008. It occurred when a bomb was thrown into her house by Hindu extremists.
Konark Sun Temple Wheel
Khond people
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Khonds are a Dravidian ethnic group and indigenous tribal community in India. Traditionally subsistence farmers, they are divided into the hill-dwelling Khonds and plain-dwelling Khonds for census pur
Religious violence in Odisha
…nationalists. The Kandhamal district contains several tribal reservations where only tribal people can own land. The largest community in Kandhamal is the Kandha tribe. Most Kandha tribal people follow tribal and animistic forms of Hinduism. Franciscan missionary Friar Odoric visited India in the 14th century…
A Khond woman in Odisha
A traditional Khond house.
Khond Girl
Meriah sacrifice post.