Talk:Adi Dharam

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Is this article based solely on a book co-authored by Ram Dayal Munda ?
It seems to me that this article, and its references, are based on a book by Ram Dayal Munda, and the article references are solely based on what Munda wrote and said about this term. Furthermore, this term is not used widely by others in the field no matter how much Munda tried to "popularise" his self-coined term "Adi Dharam".

In fact an important acadmic reference cited in the article at pg 135 - 137 (Mishra, Asha; Paty, Chittaranjan Kumar (2010-01-01). Tribal Movements in Jharkhand, 1857-2007. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 9788180696862) explictly says
 * "Moreover several other words like Adi Dharam, adivasi or janjati Dharam, Sari Dhara, Dupub Dharam, Sansari Dharam, Jahera Dharam, Bongaism etc are used as synonyms. However, the word Sarna is the most popular one used widely accepted representation of their faith. Nothwithstanding the varied use of terms what becomes clear is that the adivasis are bent on asserting themselves as an independent religious community .. and asserted their identity around Sarna Dharam ..."

It was on that basis, and seeing there is a much better written article already on Sarnaism, I redirected this article there, since having multiple articles on the same topic is not a good thing. and since its clear that the term Adi Dharam is not as widely accepted for adivasi tribal religions as Sarna Dharam is. 49.36.135.38 (talk) 18:02, 13 June 2019 (UTC)