how did the life of banjaras change in last 50 years
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The religion of Banjara people is attributed through their social communities, hence we find majority of the Banjara people to profess Hinduism. They also worship gods like Balaji, Jagadamba Devi, Kankali . Lokamasand maharaj . Pandurang of pandharpur Bhavani of Tuljapur, Renuka Mata of Mahur, Mahadev, Khandoba and Hanuman. They also hold Guru Nanak in great respect.[16]
Sevalal or Sevabhaya is the most important saint of the Banjaras. According to their accounts, he was born on 15 February 1739 in Sirsi, Karnataka, to Bhima Naik and Dharmini Bai, and died on 4 December 1806. A cattle merchant by profession he is said to have been a man of exemplary truthfulness, a great musician, a courageous warrior, a rationalist who fought against superstition and a devotee of the goddess Jagadamba.[17] The colonial British administrators also quote his stories but they place him in the 19th century and identify his original name as Siva Rathor.[18]