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Bot tribal people

There are numbers of tribes in india among them Bhot is one of them, also called as bot allias name is bhotia in sanskrit they are called as bhota the origin of this caste from tibet .The Bot people are  spread over the states of ,  Jammu & Kashmir,Lah Laddakh,Arunachal Pradesh  ,Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal   ,Uttar  Pradesh, and Western Bangal Sikkim ,Tripura , With over one  million people, they are the largest tribe in  India.The Bhot, Bot  or Bhotia(in Sanskrit called as Bhota ) people are tribal people  initially of hill origin , spread over the states of ,  Jammu & Kashmir ,Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal   ,Uttar  Pradesh, and Western Bangal,Sikkim ,Tripura ,him With over four million people, they are the largest tribe in Central India. In the Panjab, those who in the Spiti they are Tibetans .In the Pakistan they called as Butt. the proper name of tract of Chinese territory, which we call Tibet, is Bodyul, are Bodland and the people Bod corrupted by the Indians into bhotiyas as name now applied between India and Tibet, the people of Tibet proper are called Huniyas , they considered as Raghubansi Rajput and trace their origin to Bhutwal Nepal.

The bot people emigration into Northern  Oudh in the period of Nawab Asaf-ul-Daulla[1775-1797].

The language of Bot  people: The language is Boti is similar to language spoken in Tibet.

Bot of Uttar Pradesh

The Bots are also found in the Bahriach  and Gonda, Lakhimpur, Kheri  District of  Uttar Pradesh. Unlike in other parts of  India only Jammu Bots have scheduled tribe and in Uttarkhand they have scheduled tribe as Bhotia sub caste of Bot  the UP Bot  have not listed in scheduled tribe , but they want to registered in scheduled tribe. They no longer speak Boti, but now speak Hindi. The Bot are divided into seven sub-groups, the Bhot, Bhotia, Bhutia, Tibeti ,Butt, Buttola. Traditionally, the Raj Gond have had a higher status, and were rulers of a number of states in region. Each of these clans is exogamous.

Bot people Marriage ceremony:

These are of the usually Hindu type, when the bride pal quin arrives at the house of her husband god are worship and then she is admitted into the house.some rice , silver or gold is put in the hands of bridegroom, which he passes on to the bride.she places them in winnowing fan, and makes them over a present to the wife of the barber.this ceremony known as “karj bharna”.a man have three wife and no more.wife of the first marriage the head wife , and she received by in heritance a share one tenth excess of that given to the other wifes.

 Bot people Disposal of the dead:

Those who die of chlorea of snake-bite, and young children , are buried, others are cremated. there is not fixed bunal-ground, and no ceremonies are formed at time of burial .richer people keep the ashes for lowal to some several stream , others bury them. After the mation a stalk of kusa grass is fixed in the ground near a tank of water and scsamum is poured upon it for ten days so as to continued it into a refuge for the spirit until the rides are completed.

Religion of Bot people: They employ Brahmans as priests .their chief object of worship is devi., to whom goats are sacrificed .young pigs are also used occasionally used to her. The worshippers makes the sacrifice and consume the meat themselves .they observed the usual festivals. on the barsiti flaws, on the fifteenth of jeth, women worship a banyan tree walking round it and tying a thread round the trunk. This they do to increase the life of their husbands. women fast on tija or third day of bhaddon. At the godiya on the fifth of thik, they worship the dragon .nag devta , and girls other to devi and mahadeva. They eat the goats, sheep, hare water bird and fish. They will not eat monkey ,cow, owl, crocodile, lizard ,rat or other vermin. In liquors  are forbidden, bhang and ganja are used. Occupation: There occupation is agriculture .they do not hold land as zamindars but as tenants, and some work as field labourers. They practice no handicraft.

Education bots people education is very low in rural area as compare to urban, they not send their children to primary school ,their interest in agriculture and short term job in agriculture field.

Report of National Backward Commission: on report of National Backward Commission of India since 1995, bot considered as a tribe caste of India , but this is not listed in UTTAR PRADESH as a tribe caste.