CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Badagas are an ethno-linguistic community living in the Nilgiri district in Tamil Nadu, India. Throughout the district the Badugas live in nearly 400 villages, called Hattis. The Badagas speak a language called Badaga.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Badagas are classified as Backward Class in Tamil Nadu through constitutional orders. The 1901 census classified them as tribes and the 1911 census denoted Badagas as Hindu animist tribals having a tribal mother tongue.

Detailed explanation-3: -Badaga is a southern Dravidian language spoken by the Badaga people of the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. The language is closely related to the Tamil and Kannada languages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Religious Beliefs. Except for perhaps 2, 500 Christians (Protestants and Roman Catholics in similar proportions, converts since 1858), all Badagas are Hindus of the Shaivite persuasion. A sizable minority are however of the Lingayat sect, which is almost confined to Karnataka State (formerly Mysore).