Sarakka Central Tribal University

Why in news?

• The Union Cabinet has approved the Sarakka Central Tribal University which will come up in Mulugu district, Telangana. It is named after Sammakka-Sarakka, revered tribal figures in Telengana State.

About Sammakka-Sarakka

• Sammakka-Sarakka (also called Medaram Jatara) is the second-largest fair in India, after the Kumbh Mela, celebrated by the second-largest Tribal Community of Telangana- the Koya tribe for four days. The Jatra begins at Medaram in Mulugu district.
• The festival commemorates the battle of the mother-daughter duo (Sammakka and Saralamma) against the imposition of taxes on the Koya people.
• Medaram is a remote place in the Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary, a part of Dandakaranya, the largest surviving forest belt in the region.
• It is celebrated once in two years in the month of “Magha” (February) on the full moon day.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Sarakka Central Tribal University, recently approved by Cabinet, is coming up in?

(a) Odisha

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Telangana

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer