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World Banjara Meet 2012 at Bangalore: A Huge Success

Banjara Times Congratulates to the Chief Organizer Manohar Ainapur and his team members!

World Banjara Cultural Meet 2012 at Bangalore : A Successful Show  by Manohar Ainapur: In this picture above Chief Minister of Karnataka D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Cine Star Hema Malini, Manohar Ainapur, Haribhau Rathod, Amar Singh Tilawat and Main Saints from Banjara Community are seen on the stage.

Dream Girl Bollywood Cine Star Hema Malini entering in World Banjara Cultural Meet 2012 at Bangalore.

Cine Star Hema Malini, Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Makhram Pawar and others are seen on the stage of World Banjara Meet 2012 at Bangalore.

Cine Star Hema Malini, Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Makhram Pawar, Amar Singh Tilawat and others are seen on the stage of World Banjara Meet 2012 at Bangalore.

Chairman Manohar Ainapur, Cine Star Hema Malini, Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, Famous Banjara Actor Dilraj Vanjara from Gujarat and others are seen on the stage of World Banjara Meet 2012 at Bangalore.

Actor Dilraj Banjara participated with Lambani Cultural Artists during the Inauguration of World Banjara Cultural Meet 2012 at Gayathri Vihar, Palace Grounds, in Bangalore on Saturday 28th April 2012.

Cine Star Hema Malini accepting Banjara Costume from Chairman Manohar Ainapur, Chairman  MANOHAR AINAPUR, Chief  Coordinator  P R JADHAV  (The book writer  BANJARA AND GYPSY).

Hema Malini Bani Banjaran: Manohar Ainapur and others with "Banjaran" Hema Malini....

Honor of Shri Gopinath Munde: Chairman Manohar Ainapur is honoring Shri Gopinath Mude at World Banjara Cultural Meet 2012 at Bangalore.

News published in Deccan Herald and Hindu Newspapers

Join mainstream without losing identity, CM tells Banjaras

Bangalore, April 29 2012, DHNS:

Banjaras should become part of the mainstream without forgoing the uniqueness of their culture and the State is willing to provide them any support to protect their culture, said Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda.

He was speaking after inaugurating the World Banjara Cultural Meet on Saturday. The event has attracted hundreds of members of the community from all over the country.Retaining culture

“Banjaras have maintained a rich cultural heritage through the centuries. There are about six crore Banjaras in the country. Karnataka has nearly 35 lakh people belonging to the community,” he said.

“The State government set up the Tanda Development Board in 2009-10 for the welfare of Banjaras. It has also confirmed the status of revenue villages for 300 of the 3,000 tandas in the State,” he said. Gowda promised that the rest of the tandas would get the status of revenue villages soon.

“The State has spent Rs one crore on each of the 300 tandas with the status of revenue villages. Computer training has been given to the community members at a cost of Rs 20 crore. A total of 114 Kittur Rani Chennamma schools have been set up for the welfare of Banjaras,” said Gowda.

Actress Hemamalini, who graced the occasion, recollected that she played roles of Banjara women in many movies, including her first movie, Sapnon Ka Saudagar. Her experience had endeared her to the Banjaras a lot. She said, “I will do my best to extend support to people of the community.”

Gopinath Munde, Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra, Revu Naik Belamagi, State Animal Husbandry Minister, Ashok Kheny, industrialist, and others were present on the occasion. (With Thanks from The Deccan Herald)

More Banjara tandas to become revenue villages

‘It will help Banjaras benefit from government schemes'

BANGALORE, April 29, 2012

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Saturday promised people belonging to the Banjara community that some more among the 2,700 Banjara settlements (tandas) in the State would be given revenue village status so that the people living there would get facilities under various government schemes meant for their welfare.

Speaking after inaugurating the World Banjara Cultural Meet organised by Karnataka Thanda Development Corporation Limited at the Palace Grounds here, the Chief Minister said that the Bharatiya Janata Party government in 2009 had decided to declare 300 Banjara settlements as revenue villages.

Now, Mr. Sadananda Gowda said a few more tandas would be brought under the Revenue Department and added that the purpose was to end migration of the 35 lakh strong community, affecting their children's education.

Mr. Sadananda Gowda said that in 2011, each of the 300 tandas was provided drinking water and other facilities at a cost of Rs. 1 crore and 500 tandas were provided infrastructure at a cost of Rs. 50 crore. Only 45 per cent men and 28 per cent women among Banjaras were educated in the State and all steps would be taken to provide education to the rest of the community. The government has sanctioned Rs. 20 crore for developing their language.

Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde, the former MP from Maharashtra Haribhau Rathod, Karnataka State Small Industries Development Corporation vice-chairman Chuda Naik and NICE group chairman Ashok Kheny attended the meet.

The former MP and actor Hema Malini danced with the Banjara artisteswho had come dressed in their traditional attire. Her brother Jagannath Chakravarthy was present.

Organising Committee chairman Manohar Ainapur, in his welcome address, urged Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda to grant Rs. 100 crore and 100 acres of land to Karnataka Tanda Development Corporation Limited for developmental activities. (With thanks from The Hindu)

Posted on April 30, 2012--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"World Banjara Cultural Meet 2012" at Bangalore on April 28, 2012: Manohar Ainapur

Dear  Sir,

The WORLD BANJARA CULTURAL MEET - 2012  is being organised on: 28.04.2012 at Gayatri Vihar, Palace Ground, Bangalore (Karnataka) India with a view to promote Banjara tradition and culture at the International level.  The vision is to retain the heritage and culture of Banjaras in the world.  In this event all intellectuals, professionals and elders of Banjara community are participatinig effectively.  The Banjara's are largest group in India speaking unique language and retaining the culture traditionally.  Banjaras are colorful versatile and the inhabitant of all the districts in India.

Their living in isolated group is a characteristic of their nomadic life.  Their unique dress, heritage, customs and language distinguishes them from other population.  They were also treated as criminal tribes in
the british rule and they have not been given uniform status in the country, hence, they stick to the regional languages and regional tradition.  Therefore, due to the settlement in the different states their
original tradition and culture is slowly fading away.

In order to restore and make them to understand their origin, their tradition and to retain the originality, this World Banjara Cultural Meet has been organised.  The people from all over India and abroad are taking part most of the eminent leaders intellectural personalities, politicians, social workers, cultural experts are invited.

 Therefore, in eve of you are one of the eminent personality, we request your esteemed self to give kindly publish the attached invitation message in your website, in order to reach the mass Banjara community in the world and we also seek, valuable suggestions and personal participation in the event  and do the needful.

 Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,
WORLD BANJARA CULTURAL MEET ORGANIZING TEAM

 E-mail: rahulaina@gmail.com

Posted on April 4, 2012----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------