<p>A large number of tribals on Tuesday assembled near the Parasnath hills in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/jharkhand" target="_blank">Jharkhand’s </a>Giridih district, urging the state government and the Centre to free their holy site from the “clutches” of the Jain community.</p>.<p>They also warned of severe agitation if their demand was not met.</p>.<p>Thousands of tribals from Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha reached the hills earlier in the day, carrying traditional weapons and beating drums.</p>.<p>"’Marang Buru’ (<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/conflict-between-tribal-bodies-jain-community-over-parasnath-hills-in-jharkhand-1178751.html" target="_blank">Parasnath</a>) is the birthright of Jharkhand’s tribals, and no power in the world can deprive them of this right," a member of the ‘Jharkhand Bachao Morcha’, which claims to be an outfit of over 50 bodies, asserted on Tuesday.</p>.<p>It said that thousands of adivasis will observe a day's fast on January 30 at Ulihatu in Khunti district, the birthplace of tribal icon Birsa Munda, in solidarity with the movement to “save” the Parasnath hills.</p>.<p>Jains across the country have been demanding the scrapping of a 2019 Jharkhand government notification designating Parasnath hills as a tourist place, fearing this would lead to an influx of tourists who may consume non-vegetarian food and liquor at their holy site.</p>.<p>Even as the Centre stayed the Jharkhand government’s move to promote tourism at the Parasnath hills after protests by Jains, tribals jumped into the fray staking a claim to the land and asking for it to be freed.</p>.<p>The Santhal tribe, one of the largest Scheduled Tribe community in the country, has a sizeable population in Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, Assam and West Bengal and are nature worshippers.</p>
<p>A large number of tribals on Tuesday assembled near the Parasnath hills in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/jharkhand" target="_blank">Jharkhand’s </a>Giridih district, urging the state government and the Centre to free their holy site from the “clutches” of the Jain community.</p>.<p>They also warned of severe agitation if their demand was not met.</p>.<p>Thousands of tribals from Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha reached the hills earlier in the day, carrying traditional weapons and beating drums.</p>.<p>"’Marang Buru’ (<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/conflict-between-tribal-bodies-jain-community-over-parasnath-hills-in-jharkhand-1178751.html" target="_blank">Parasnath</a>) is the birthright of Jharkhand’s tribals, and no power in the world can deprive them of this right," a member of the ‘Jharkhand Bachao Morcha’, which claims to be an outfit of over 50 bodies, asserted on Tuesday.</p>.<p>It said that thousands of adivasis will observe a day's fast on January 30 at Ulihatu in Khunti district, the birthplace of tribal icon Birsa Munda, in solidarity with the movement to “save” the Parasnath hills.</p>.<p>Jains across the country have been demanding the scrapping of a 2019 Jharkhand government notification designating Parasnath hills as a tourist place, fearing this would lead to an influx of tourists who may consume non-vegetarian food and liquor at their holy site.</p>.<p>Even as the Centre stayed the Jharkhand government’s move to promote tourism at the Parasnath hills after protests by Jains, tribals jumped into the fray staking a claim to the land and asking for it to be freed.</p>.<p>The Santhal tribe, one of the largest Scheduled Tribe community in the country, has a sizeable population in Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, Assam and West Bengal and are nature worshippers.</p>