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Indian Hindu caste currently in West Bengal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bedia are a community in India. They believe that they originally lived on Mohdipahar of Hazaribagh district and have descended from the union of Vedbansi prince with a Munda girl. A legend has heard that they had their own 'Vedas' and hence it is called Bediya. Their Veda was different from the Vedas of Aryans, which were destroyed by the Aryans.[1]
The Bedia who have settled down in West Bengal, are also known as the Bede or Bedia. They speak in Nagpuri, an Indo-Aryan language, at home and Bengali for inter-group communication. The Bengali and Devanagari scripts are used.[1]
The 2011 Census of India for Uttar Pradesh, where they were classified as a Scheduled Caste under the name Beriya, showed their population as 46,775.[2] In Jharkhand, they are listed as Scheduled Tribe.[3]
They have numbers of exogamous clans such as Pecha (owl), Mahua (Madhuca India), Suia (parrot),Kachhua (tortoise), Chidra (squirrel) etc.[3] Their deity are Bad Pahari and Palcharu. They celebrate festivals such as Jitiya, Sohrai, Fagun, Sarhul.[3]
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