Concept · Tribal · East India · Odisha

Sabara

Also called: Savara, Saora

A forest-dwelling tribal community of Odisha named in the Jagannath origin tradition as the first worshippers of the god; the Daita servitors of Puri claim descent from them.

Sources: Lord Jagannath: the tribal deity (Odisha Review, June–July 2007); Nabakalebara — Shree Jagannatha Temple, Puri · see Sabara's web

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Stories 1

Jagannath and the Sabara chief
Origin · as the tribal community of the first worshippers · 2 tellings

Cited

Lord Jagannath: the tribal deity (Odisha Review, June–July 2007) Scholarly
Nabakalebara — Shree Jagannatha Temple, Puri Temple tradition