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Neelanagar Neelanagar is a small Village located in Bagalkot Taluk in Bagalkot District of Karnataka State, India. It belongs to Belgaum Division. It is located 13 KM towards South from District head quarters Bagalkot. 25 KM from Bagalkot. 468 KM from State capital Bangalore

Neelanagar Pin code is 587120 and postal head office is Kamatgi.

Kotikal ( 7 KM ), Benakatti ( 10 KM ) , Ward No 10 ( 11 KM ) , Sulikeri ( 11 KM ) , Hansanur ( 12 KM ) are the nearby Villages to Neelanagar. Neelanagar is surrounded by Badami Taluk towards South, Bilagi Taluk towards North , Hungund Taluk towards East , Ron Taluk towards South.

Ron, Muddebihal , Ramdurg , Mudhol are the near by Cities to Neelanagar.

Demographics of Neelanagar

Kannada and Lambadi or Lamani is the Local Language here.

Politics in Neelanagar

JD(U), INC , BJP are the major political parties in this area. Polling Stations /Booths near Neelanagar

1)Govt Higher Primary Kannada Boys School Muchakhandi Lt-2. 2)Govt Higher Primary Kannada Boys School East Wing Niralakeri 3)Govt Higher Primary Kannada Boys School Right Side Room No.1 Shirur Lt (nilanagar) 4)Sri Siddeshwar High School Class 8b North Wing Shirur. 5)Sri Sevalal Higher Primary School West Side Kamatagi HOW TO REACH Neelanagar

By Rail

Guledagudda Rd Rail Way Station is the very nearby railway stations to Neelanagar. How ever	Hubli Jn Rail Way Station is major railway station 118 KM near to Neelanagar

Colleges near Neelanagar

Basaveshwar Science College Bagalkot Address : Bvvs Science Colleg Bagalkot 587101 Karnataka State B. V. V. Sangha S S. R. Kanthi Arts Commerce And Science College Address : Mudhol; Bagalkot; Karnataka--587313 Govt Teachers Training Institute Address : Hungund Bagalkot517118karnataka Indian.c.t.e.; New Delhiphone: 08351--761510 Sajjala Sri Institute Of Nursing Sciences Address : B.v.v Sangha Cmplx; Bagalkot 587101 (kar.) B. V. V. Sanghas S. R. Kanthi Arts Commerce And Science College Address : Bagalkot; Karnataka--587313 Schools in Neelanagar

Govt Kb Lps Nagaral Address : nagaral, bagalkot , bagalkot , Karnataka. PIN- 587207, Post - Rampur (Bagalkot) Culture Language Banjaras speak Gor Boli; also called Lambadi, it belongs to the Indo-Aryan group of languages. Most Banjaras today are bilingual or multilingual adopting the predominant language of their surroundings.

Art Banjara art is rich and includes performance arts such as dance and music to folk and plastic arts such as rangoli, textile embroidery, tattooing and painting. The Banjara embroidery and tattooing are especially prized and also form a significant aspect of the Banjara identity. Lambani women specialize in lepo embroidery which involves stitching pieces of mirror, decorative beads and coins onto clothes. The Sandur Lambani Embroidery is a type of textile embroidery unique to the tribe in Sanduru, Bellary district, Karnataka. It has obtained a GI tag.

Festivals Banjara people celebrate the festival of Teej during Shravana (the month of August). In this festival young unmarried Banjara girls pray for a good groom. They sow seeds in bamboo bowls and water it three times a day for nine days and if the sprouts grow "thick and high", it is considered as good omen. During Teej the seedling-baskets are kept in the middle and girls sing and dance around them[8] Banjaras also celebrate the festival of Holi. Banjaras have a sister community of singers known as Dadhis or Gajugonia They are Muslim Banjaras who traditionally traveled from village to village singing songs to the accompaniment of sarangi

Religion The Banjara people profess to be Hindus. They also worship gods like Balaji, Jagadamba Devi, Mahadev, Khandoba and Hanuman. They also hold Guru Nanak in great respect.

Sevalal or Sevabhaya is the most important saint of the Banjaras. According to Banjara accounts he was born on 15 February 1739 in Sirsi, Karnataka, to Bhima Naik and Dharmini Bai, and died on 4 December 1806. A cattle merchant by profession he is said to have been a man of exemplary truthfulness, a great musician, a courageous warrior, a rationalist who fought against superstition and a devotee of Goddess Jagadamba. The colonial British administrators also quote his stories but they place him in the 19th century and identify his original name as Siva Rathode.

Society Distribution Banjaras can be found all over India but their population is concentrated in the states of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana[citation needed]. As of 2012 there are 1.1 million Banjaras in Karnataka.

In India, Banjara people were transporters of goods from one place another and the goods they transported included salt, grains, firewood and cattle. During 18th Century, the British colonial authorities brought the community under the purview of Criminal Tribes Act of 1871. By enforcing this act the British Raj curbed the movement of Banjara people.[16] The stigma attached to this continued until 1952 when the Act was abolished by the newly Independent India.

Classification In some states of India, they are listed as OBC while in other states they are categorised as Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. In the state Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, they are Other Backward Classes (OBC) category. In the state of Tamil Nadu they are Backward Classes (BC) and in Karnataka they are categorised as Scheduled Caste since 1977. In the state of Maharashtra they are VJ-NT (Laman).

Sevalal Sevalal (born 15 February 1739) was an Indian spiritual leader revered by the Banjaras. He is referred to as "Sant Sevalal Maharaj" and "Satguru Sevalal Maharaj" by his followers.

Sevalal was born to Dharmani Yaadi (mother) and Bhima Naik in 1739. At that time, his birthplace was known as Ramagundam or Ramji Naik Tanda (after his grandfather Ramji Naik, who settled it with 360 families of his clan). Ramji Naik Tanda was deserted by the end of 18th century, and a new village known as Chennarayanipally was established by its former residents. This settlement now falls in the revenue village of Golaldoddi. It is located in the Gooty mandal of Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh