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@article{181804,
        author = {BADAL SEGA MAVACHI and DR. DIGAMBAR JANARDAN SONAWANE},
        title = {Gods, Heroes, and the Bhils: Mapping Cultural Identity through Oral Epic Tradition},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {1},
        pages = {5501-5503},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=181804},
        abstract = {This research paper explores the mythological traditions of the Bhil tribe—one of India’s oldest indigenous communities. Through a critical ethnographic examination of the Bhil Purana and its oral narratives, the paper analyzes how myth serves as a framework for the community’s historical consciousness, social ethics, and collective identity. Drawing on fieldwork, historical sources, and comparative analysis, the study reveals how Bhil epics provide moral instruction, resistance narratives, and cosmological grounding, positioning them as dynamic cultural texts},
        keywords = {},
        month = {June},
        }