{"id":16365,"date":"2023-06-26T08:59:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T03:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/?p=16365"},"modified":"2023-06-27T17:22:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T11:52:33","slug":"ap-board-7th-class-social-studies-notes-chapter-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/ap-board-7th-class-social-studies-notes-chapter-20\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Board 7th Class Social Studies Notes Chapter 20 Folk Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students can go through AP State Board 7th Class Social Studies Notes<\/a> Chapter 20 Folk Religion to understand and remember the concept easily.<\/p>\n

AP State Board Syllabus 7th Class Social Studies Notes Chapter 20 Folk Religion<\/h2>\n

\u2192 When children fall ill repeatedly when people are sick and very weak they worship the folk goddesses by offering Bonalu and sacrificing a cock, or they go to the Pir Baba’s Dargah and ask the Maulvi to tie ataWiz. tt is a general scene in villages.<\/p>\n

\u2192 There are a large number of village deities.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Pochamma is the most popular folk goddess of Andhra Pradesh. Near every village, a small shrine is dedicated to her. The main goddess is in the form of stone under a neem tree.<\/p>\n

\u2192 People worship the goddess Pochanima by offering bonuses.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Katta Maisamma is a goddess of water and is worshipped in the form of a small stone on the tank bund. With Her blessings, the crops flourish.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Once in five years, a major festival is celebrated in which sheep, goats, and hens are sacrificed.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Gangamma is also considered a water goddess who protects fishermen who go out into the sea.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Yellamma is also called Polimeramma, Maritemma, Renuka, Mahankali, Jogamma, Somalamma, etc.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Yellarnma, the goodness, guards the boundaries of the village and will not allow any disease or evil Village.<\/p>\n

\u2192 A devotee of ‘Devi becomes a deity and is called Paidi thalli. In Northern Andhra ‘Paidi thaTti Ammavart Jafthara is celebrated.<\/p>\n

\u2192 The farmers of Andhra Pradesh believe that Potharaju looks after their agricultural lands arid crops and products the crops from dreadful diseases, thieves and animals.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Beerappa and Katamaraju are worshipped by cowherd and shepherd communities. They are considered protectors of cattle and sheep.<\/p>\n

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\u2192 Many office folk gods and goddesses were actually local heroes who either died fighting for the defense of their people or were wronged by the powerful people of their times.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Sammakka and Sarakka (Medaram) Jatara is celebrated at Medaram village of Taadwai Mandal in Warangal district. Nearly one crore people attend it.<\/p>\n

\u2192 The Medaram Jatara is celebrated once every two years.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Moharram, a Muslim festival, commemorates the battle of Karbala in Iraq in which the grandson of Prophet Mohammad was killed.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Muslim celebrates Urs or anniversaries of Muslim saints who lie hurried in various parts of the state.<\/p>\n

\u2192 People, who seek some specific blessings like children or jobs etc visit the Dargahs and pray there.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Dargahs are built on tombs of Sufi saints who propagated Sufism.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Bonalu is one of the popular folk festivals celebrated in the Telangana state.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Many historical books tell us that such folk gods were worshipped in very old times also. & Many of these deities are worshipped by people irrespective of their caste or religion or economic status.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Folk Deities: Traditional Gods<\/p>\n

\u2192 Jatara: A festival conducted for village gods.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Urs: Urs is the death anniversary of the Sufi saint in the dargah.<\/p>\n

\u2192 Peeri: A Peeri is prepared with bamboo strips in a dome shape.
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\u2192 Bonamu: The Godness is worshipped by offering food, which is later shared among the family members.
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Students can go through AP State Board 7th Class Social Studies Notes Chapter 20 Folk Religion to understand and remember the concept easily. AP State Board Syllabus 7th Class Social Studies Notes Chapter 20 Folk Religion \u2192 When children fall ill repeatedly when people are sick and very weak they worship the folk goddesses by … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41480,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16365\/revisions\/41480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apboardsolutions.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}