Welcomed in traditional way in village Bhitghara
Lots of people congratulating at home
People of Birhor, Pahari Korwa community are celebrating the festival.
Jageshwar Yadav, resident of Jashpur district, has been selected for the Padmashree award for the year 2024.
He will be given this award for his better work for the upliftment of Birhor tribals of the district.
Jageshwar Yadav, who lives amidst hills and forests in Bhitghara village of Bagicha block, has been working for the Birhor tribe since 1989.
For this he has established an ashram in Jashpur.
After Jageshwar Yadav’s selection for the Padmashree Award, there is an atmosphere of happiness in his house, villages, especially Birhor and special backward tribe dominated villages.
Also, the process of people coming to his house to congratulate him continues. The residents of Bhitghara are dancing with joy. When Jageshwar Yadav reached his village from Jashpur, he was welcomed with enthusiasm by the villagers.
People took them home dancing and singing traditional songs and dances.
Jageshwar Yadav’s entire life is dedicated to the society. Jageshwar Yadav is a tribal welfare activist from Jashpur who worked for the marginalized Birhor and Pahari Korwa people.
He established an ashram in Jashpur and eradicated illiteracy as well as provided health services to the tribals. Jageshwar got the tribals vaccinated during Corona.
Financial constraints came in the way of these works, but despite this, Jageshwar Yadav never allowed any reduction in service. With his tireless efforts he became the brother of Birhor.
Jageshwar Yadav was born in Bhitghara of Jashpur district. Since childhood, he had seen the plight of Birhor tribals. According to the information, Birhor tribals living in dense forests were deprived of education, health and employment.
Jageshwar decided to change his life. For this, first of all he started living among the tribals. Learned their language and culture.
After this he awakened the spirit of education and encouraged him to send children to school.
Jageshwar Yadav is popularly known as ‘Brother of Birhor’. Recently, when Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai had called him, he had gone barefoot to meet him. Jageshwar has received the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Award in 2015.
This work was not easy due to financial difficulties. But his passion was helpful in bringing social change. Jageshwar tells that earlier the children of Birhor tribe did not resemble the people.
They used to run away as soon as they saw outsiders. Not only this, they would hide even after seeing shoe marks. In such a situation, going to school for studies was a very distant thing.
But now times have changed. Due to the efforts of Jageshwar Yadav, now children of this tribe also go to school.
The family and the entire village are celebrating since Jageshwar Yadav was selected for the Padmashree award.