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Maratha: Maratha quota: Rush for household tree record-keepers | Kolhapur Information
KOLHAPUR: Prakash Appaso Helavi’s days are hectic today with requests pouring in from a whole bunch to hint their household roots, notably if they’ve Kunbi lineage by any probability.
Ever because the Maharashtra authorities moved forward on quota for Marathas with Kunbi lineage proof, the telephones of the Helavis, the tribe of household tree record-keepers, haven’t stopped ringing.Their references may provid very important clues to get official papers to show the Marathas’ Kunbi standing. Prakash (32) is a member of the tribe from the Maharashtra-Karnataka border. TheHelavis are sustaining such household information, relationship again a number of centuries, in western Maharashtra.
Prakash had seen his father and grandfather assembly one household after one other within the villages of Chandgad tehsil in Kolhapur district after Diwali, looking for from them data associated to births and deaths within the households and meticulously noting down all the main points. Stepping out of house with ledgers having information of households Chandwad tehsil in Kolhapur has additionally been a ordinary characteristic in Prakash’s life each Diwali.
The calls for for such work are a lot greater this Diwali. “The work makes me really feel that I’m carrying ahead my household custom,” says Prakash, a resident of Pattankudi village in Chikodi tehsil of Belagavi district.
With the demand for Maratha quota gaining steam, households are eager to seek out if the Helavis have any Kunbi reference of their information. These references will present an important clue to get official paperwork wanted to show the Marathas’ Kunbi standing. Social media teams have additionally been shaped to assist individuals determine and speak to their Helavis for a household historical past narration.
“Our household maintains information of 60-70 villages from Gadhinglaj taluka. We go to these households annually and add names, start dates of newborns or new brides. We additionally make word of those that have died. More often than not, individuals are concerned with figuring out their household historical past, the place their ancestors got here from and what they did. This information is now taking a brand new flip with the seek for Kunbi references,” says Prakash.
Ajit Utturkar, a 47-year-old civil engineer from Kolhapur’s Ajara city, says, “Our household tree information obtained from Helavi present that we had moved from Panhala fort some 9 generations in the past. The information helped us perceive the place we got here from and who have been our ancestors. I’ve just lately added the identify of my kids into the household tree with start dates. I’ve taken a replica of the household file tree which I can use to seek out the outdated paperwork required for functions comparable to property switch.”
The household tree information are written in Modi, one of many oldest scripts of Marathi language which Prakash is aware of nicely sufficient although he did not go to high school. “I learnt Marathi and Kannada from my father. He additionally taught me tips on how to learn and write in Modi script. Most significantly, he taught me tips on how to current the household historical past to individuals looking for their roots,” Prakash says.
Although he rides a motorbike to succeed in the villages, his father’s mode of transport can be an oxen. Some aged members of the tribe nonetheless use the oxen, making a grand announcement of their arrival in villages. The strategy of retaining the information has additionally modified through the years. The ‘tamrapat’ (copper plates) has given strategy to paper ledgers. Nonetheless, innumerable copper plates are saved at Mayakka Chinchali, a holy place in Raibag taluka of Karnataka. Shivaji Helavi, a 50-year-old resident of Belagavi district of Karnataka, says they’ve a way of satisfaction within the work achieved by their forefathers. Until a number of years in the past, the one time they’d get a question was when there was sharing and switch of property.
“Earlier, we used to get only one or two enquiries for the family tree in a yr. Lately, I get over 10-20 enquiries from Marathas day-after-day to go to them with their household tree. Up to now information of Marathas, Kunbi is talked about,” Shivaji says.
Some fanatics are serving to the Maratha group members discover their Helavi. Sunil Gaikwad from Khandala city of Satara district is one in every of them. He has began teams and pages on social media, known as ‘Aapla Helavi’. He says, “Many do not know the Helavi retaining their household file. Via social media, we’re reaching out to the Helavis and the individuals who want them for tracing household historical past.”
Although the Helavis are being known as upon within the seek for the Kunbi roots, these conventional information are, nonetheless, not helpful in getting Kunbi certificates from the federal government. They’ll solely give a clue to discovering the Kunbi reference in authorities information.
Vasantrao Mulik, Kolhapur president of Maratha Mahasangh who’s concerned in serving to Marathas discover the Kunbi information for twenty years, says solely income paperwork, college leaving certificates and start and demise certificates of 1’s ancestors are thought-about legitimate. “We will get the main points of the previous two to 3 generations from these paperwork. Nevertheless, the family tree from the information with Helavis generally is a sturdy ,” he says.
Ever because the Maharashtra authorities moved forward on quota for Marathas with Kunbi lineage proof, the telephones of the Helavis, the tribe of household tree record-keepers, haven’t stopped ringing.Their references may provid very important clues to get official papers to show the Marathas’ Kunbi standing. Prakash (32) is a member of the tribe from the Maharashtra-Karnataka border. TheHelavis are sustaining such household information, relationship again a number of centuries, in western Maharashtra.
Prakash had seen his father and grandfather assembly one household after one other within the villages of Chandgad tehsil in Kolhapur district after Diwali, looking for from them data associated to births and deaths within the households and meticulously noting down all the main points. Stepping out of house with ledgers having information of households Chandwad tehsil in Kolhapur has additionally been a ordinary characteristic in Prakash’s life each Diwali.
The calls for for such work are a lot greater this Diwali. “The work makes me really feel that I’m carrying ahead my household custom,” says Prakash, a resident of Pattankudi village in Chikodi tehsil of Belagavi district.
With the demand for Maratha quota gaining steam, households are eager to seek out if the Helavis have any Kunbi reference of their information. These references will present an important clue to get official paperwork wanted to show the Marathas’ Kunbi standing. Social media teams have additionally been shaped to assist individuals determine and speak to their Helavis for a household historical past narration.
“Our household maintains information of 60-70 villages from Gadhinglaj taluka. We go to these households annually and add names, start dates of newborns or new brides. We additionally make word of those that have died. More often than not, individuals are concerned with figuring out their household historical past, the place their ancestors got here from and what they did. This information is now taking a brand new flip with the seek for Kunbi references,” says Prakash.
Ajit Utturkar, a 47-year-old civil engineer from Kolhapur’s Ajara city, says, “Our household tree information obtained from Helavi present that we had moved from Panhala fort some 9 generations in the past. The information helped us perceive the place we got here from and who have been our ancestors. I’ve just lately added the identify of my kids into the household tree with start dates. I’ve taken a replica of the household file tree which I can use to seek out the outdated paperwork required for functions comparable to property switch.”
The household tree information are written in Modi, one of many oldest scripts of Marathi language which Prakash is aware of nicely sufficient although he did not go to high school. “I learnt Marathi and Kannada from my father. He additionally taught me tips on how to learn and write in Modi script. Most significantly, he taught me tips on how to current the household historical past to individuals looking for their roots,” Prakash says.
Although he rides a motorbike to succeed in the villages, his father’s mode of transport can be an oxen. Some aged members of the tribe nonetheless use the oxen, making a grand announcement of their arrival in villages. The strategy of retaining the information has additionally modified through the years. The ‘tamrapat’ (copper plates) has given strategy to paper ledgers. Nonetheless, innumerable copper plates are saved at Mayakka Chinchali, a holy place in Raibag taluka of Karnataka. Shivaji Helavi, a 50-year-old resident of Belagavi district of Karnataka, says they’ve a way of satisfaction within the work achieved by their forefathers. Until a number of years in the past, the one time they’d get a question was when there was sharing and switch of property.
“Earlier, we used to get only one or two enquiries for the family tree in a yr. Lately, I get over 10-20 enquiries from Marathas day-after-day to go to them with their household tree. Up to now information of Marathas, Kunbi is talked about,” Shivaji says.
Some fanatics are serving to the Maratha group members discover their Helavi. Sunil Gaikwad from Khandala city of Satara district is one in every of them. He has began teams and pages on social media, known as ‘Aapla Helavi’. He says, “Many do not know the Helavi retaining their household file. Via social media, we’re reaching out to the Helavis and the individuals who want them for tracing household historical past.”
Although the Helavis are being known as upon within the seek for the Kunbi roots, these conventional information are, nonetheless, not helpful in getting Kunbi certificates from the federal government. They’ll solely give a clue to discovering the Kunbi reference in authorities information.
Vasantrao Mulik, Kolhapur president of Maratha Mahasangh who’s concerned in serving to Marathas discover the Kunbi information for twenty years, says solely income paperwork, college leaving certificates and start and demise certificates of 1’s ancestors are thought-about legitimate. “We will get the main points of the previous two to 3 generations from these paperwork. Nevertheless, the family tree from the information with Helavis generally is a sturdy ,” he says.
