Kesalapura

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Adilabad road map

Keslapur (केसलापुर) is a historical place in Adilabad district of Telangana. PIN: 504273. An annul fair called Nagoba Jatara is organized at this place by Gonds.

Variants

• Kesalapura (केसलापुर) दे. मानिकगढ़ (AS, p.226)
• Keslapur (केसलापुर)

History

It was under the rule of Gonds of Chanda from 9-16th century.

The strong fortress of Manikgadh, nearly 1,700 feet high, and situated in inaccessible territory, was held by the Gond Rajas of Chanda whose sway extended in the north to Nagpur and in the south nearly up to the Godavari. They maintained their independence till the end of the 16th century when they began to give nominal allegiance to the Moghuls, and then to the Marathas, to whom they finally succumbed in 1751 and lost the kingdom of Chanda. Tradition asserts that the Gond rulers began their rule in the 9th century, though this seems to have been based mainly on hearsay. Sirpur was their capital until the Rajas transferred it to Chanda in the 16th century. Today the Gonds are one of the principal tribes of Central India and retain to the full their tribal customs, traditions and manners. Every year Gonds and other tribes gather in their thousands at the annual fair at Keslapur, a sylvan village.

Nagoba Jatara

Nagoba Jatara is a tribal festival held in Keslapur village, Inderavelly Mandal Adilabad district, Telangana, India. It is the second biggest tribal carnival and celebrated by Mesaram clan of Gond tribes for 10 days. Tribal people from Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh belonging to the Mesram clan offer prayers at the festival.

Thousands of Tribal people from Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Karnataka, jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh belonging to the Mesaram clan offer prayers at the festival Nagoba.It's Starts in pushya masam

मानिकगढ़

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है ...मानिकगढ़ (AS, p.735), जिला आदिलाबाद, तेलंगाना में 1700 फुट ऊंची एक पहाड़ी पर यह सुदृढ़ दुर्ग अवस्थित है. यह चांदा (मध्य प्रदेश) के गोंड राजाओं के अधिकार में बहुत समय तक रहा. किवदंती है कि गोंडों ने नौवीं सदी में अपने राज्य की स्थापना की थी. 16 वीं सदी तक [p.736] यह स्वतंत्र रूप से राज करते रहे. इस काल में इन्होंने मुगलों की सत्ता नाम मात्र को स्वीकार कर ली थी. 1751 में मराठों के उत्कर्ष के साथ चांदा का गोंड राज्य समाप्त हो गया. मानिकगढ़ के आस-पास गोंड लोग अब भी सहश्रों की संख्या में हैं. केसलापुर नामक ग्राम में इनका भारी वार्षिक मेला लगता है.