Santhal or Santal are India's third largest scheduled tribe community after Gonds and Bhils. The Santhali population is mainly distributed in Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal.
Legendary music director Ilaiyaraaja was recently nominated to Rajya Sabha, along with veteran athlete PT Usha, film screenwriter V Vijayendra Prasad and spiritual leader Veerendra Heggade.
Hardly paid attention to for two decades, the Archaeological Survey of India has now taken up conservation work at this important Buddhist site near Kalaburagi district in Karnataka.
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