Kuilta

Kuiltaare Nagavanshi of Odisha and one of the major dominant farming communities of western part of Odisha state of India. It is one of the major subdivisions of the farming community of Odisha and especially present in western part of Odisha. The Kuilta worship Raneswara Ramachandi devi as their principal deity. Lord Raneswara is worshipped as lord Shiva and goddess Ramachandi as Parbati. The principal deity of other farming communities of Odisha such as the Chasa caste also worship Devi Ramachandi as their principal deity. There is report of presence of Ramachandi temple in different parts of coastal Odisha such as the famous Ramachandi Temple present in Puri district of Odisha near the river mouth of Kushabhadra river. According to some historians Kuilta might have migrated from north Bihar in due course of time during different time periods and settled in Boud district of Odisha which is regarded as their origin in western Odisha.[1] The main occupation is agriculture.[2]

According to historian researcher Laxmana Pradhan from Bargarh,Odisha during the period of Mourya  in India. There exists 16 Mahajanpada. Among  them Kosala Kingdom was a large area occupying several states such as Uttar Pradsh,Madhya Pradesh and present Chhattisgarh and Western Odisha. The South Kosala was the motherhood of Queen Kausalaya. During the period of Mourya it was named as Arabik(Aranya Pradesh) due to large area was occupied with dense forest. Many years before the period of Samudra Gupta this part was divided into two different kingdoms such as Kosala and Korala. The people residing in this Korala were basically Nagabanshi. The territory of Korala kingdom included Sonepur,Rampur,Barpali,Birmaharajpur and Boud district of present Odisha. During the 8th century AD Boud became an independent state. The inhabitants of Boud district later on migrated to different other parts of Odisha who were basically Nagabanshi.Due to attack of invaders from  such as the Telugu Cholas to Boud and by the Kings the local people migrated to other coastal(Northern,Southern) as well as Western Parts(Northenr ,Southern) of Odisha from central Boud region of Odisha

Those local inhabitants were later on divided into Khandayat, Chasa(Kulta Chasa,), Dumal, Sudh, Mali and Kulita who were bascically of single origin(all Nagabanshi). At present although all the above Jatis have their own rituals and customs for different religious ceremony till a larges basic similarity existed between their marriage and other rituals as well as their gotra system and other rituals.'Bold text'

References
  1. Gazette of India, 27 October 1994. Retrieved on 24 July 2014.
  2. Caste in India: Its Nature, Function and Origins, p. 50, p. 247
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