Kalingi

Kalingi (also spelt as Kalinga & Kalinji) is a caste residing in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh[1] and Odisha. They are found mainly in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Vishakapatnam, and are also found on the borderland between the districts of Ganjam and Visakhapatnam.[1]

They are an endogamous population. These people wear sacred threads (yagnopavita) across the shoulders. The same class of people are known as the Kalinjis in the country north of the Vamsadhara river. In the Telugu parts they are called Kalingis and in the Oriya country they are known as Kalinjis. These Kalingis are not found south of Chipurupalle in the Vizianagaram district. These were the original people that gave their name to the region; most of them are now found confined to the south of Ganjam district, but some are found scattered all over the Oriya country along the coast.[2]

References
  1. Naidu, D. Suran (1 January 1991). The Congress Party in Transition: A Study in Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh. National Book Organisation. pp. 68, 101, 229. ISBN 9788185135649. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  2. P., Dozier, Edward (1966). Mountain arbiters; the changing life of a Philippine hill people. University of Arizona Press. OCLC 297175.
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