Adi Jambava
Adi Jambava, reportedly also known as Padmajatiyavaru, Matanga, chamar, samgar and Maadiga, is a tribe and related to Madiga found in Karnataka state, India. They are referred to as Harijans.
They claim to be the descendants of Jambavantha. This hilly mountain tribe worships Adi Parashakti, Shiva, Matangi and Maramma and, as remembrance of Jambavanthas, they grow long beards and hair, wear ochre turbans, wear ashes and a horizontal shape on their foreheads known as Addagandha.
In Karnataka they are subcaste of adikarnataka & Andra Telangana they are a subcaste madiga
Government of Karnataka has also launched a Separate Corporation Called Karnataka Adi Jambava Development Corporation for the uplift of the Adi Jambava community. https://adijambava.karnataka.gov.in/
Puranic reference "Krishna's youngest wife was Jamabava's daughter jambavathi. Had youngest son Samba. He marries Duryodhana, daughter. Upset with Krishna's Kurukshetra war becomes a drunkard and leaves Yadava & outcaste. His kids are called Jambava from mother Jambavati".
