Kandha’s Philosophy In Gopinath Mohanty’s Amrutara Santana

Abstract

This article is about Dongria Kondh’s philosophy of life, who are largely populated in the Niyamgiri hills of Southern Orissa. This paper is an attempt made to answer the question of what values the younger readers can acquire from the Indigenous philosophy. Gopinath Mohanty’s Amrutara Santana is taken for study to examine this philosophy. The indigenous community is the one who are driven away by the mainstream. Nevertheless, these people are called 'uncivilized', 'illiterate', and so on and they have their own culture, knowledge, literature, and lifestyle. The philosophy of tribes cannot be seen in scriptures nor history. It is collected from the experience undergone as a community which is passed from one generation to another. As said, the Dongria Kondh, the most primitive tribe are distinctive in their perspective. Their philosophy is nature based which interests many readers.