The Hindu Badhai are also known as Vishwakarma. They are successors of Vishwakarma, the chief architect in Hindu culture. Another famous Badhai was Maharishi Angira. In ancient times Badhai were described as various rishis or saints involved in meditation in jungles for inner vision and performing scientific experiments for the betterment of others.
Before the Industrial Revolution in Europe the Badhai enjoyed the status of chief engineer / architect in Indian villages and cultures. Ancient Indian art and culture particularly building, temples, chariots war equipment was part of their wisdom and knowledge. Deep inner vision and talent gave them the credit to create various idols and images of Hindu gods and goddesses to be worshiped by all. They provided sketches or blueprints to various other assisting technical castes for work. Giving direction as per enlightenment gave them the status of divine people thus called Vishwakarma.
Large numbers of Badhai in many communities have lost their jobs after the influence of industrialization and more and more people from other castes doing various technical works in an industrial way. Thus their inherited craftsmanship and skills are less praised or required and due to falling status of technical craftsmanship. To suggest entrepreneur manual labor to a Vishwakarma is not acceptable to them as they are somewhat egoistic people with strong self esteem.
The Badhai are typical Indian people living in most areas of India. They are usually employed in the fields of engineering and education, small-scale industrial manufacturing typical doing engineering work for large industries. Some Badhai work in the areas of carpentry, stone work and timber trade.
They are traditional Hindus and follow the ancient way as they themselves created various forms of Hindu idols and temples. One of their needs is systematic education in field Engineering as they have strong technical inheritance.
Scripture Prayers for the Badhai (Hindu traditions) in Nepal.
Profile Source: Vedanand |
Global Prayer Digest: 2013-11-01 |
People Name General | Badhai (Hindu traditions) |
People Name in Country | Badhai (Hindu traditions) |
Pronunciation | buh-DIE |
Alternate Names | Acharia; Badai; Badhai; Badhi; Badigar; Barai; Bariji; Barji; Bimra; Chari; Dhawal; Kalsi; Kundar; Kundera; Matharu; Mistry; Orh; Pansari; Pirahi; Pirhai; Saggu; Sheikh; Shilpakar; Shilpkar; Sutar; Suthar; Tarkhan; Thakur; Tudolia; Vishwakarma; Wadi; बधाई (हिंदू ट्रेडिशन्स) |
Population this Country | 38,000 |
Population all Countries | 7,880,000 |
Total Countries | 3 |
Indigenous | Yes |
Progress Scale | 1 ● |
Unreached | Yes |
Frontier People Group | No |
GSEC | 1 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
Pioneer Workers Needed | 1 |
People ID | 16332 |
ROP3 Code | 111468 |
Country | Nepal | ||||||||||||
Region | Asia, South | ||||||||||||
Continent | Asia | ||||||||||||
10/40 Window | Yes | ||||||||||||
National Bible Society | Website | ||||||||||||
Persecution Rank | Not ranked | ||||||||||||
Total States on file | 12 | ||||||||||||
Largest States |
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Country | Nepal |
Region | Asia, South |
Continent | Asia |
10/40 Window | Yes |
National Bible Society | Website |
Persecution Rank | Not ranked |
Total States | 12 |
Lumbini 10,000 | |
Sagarmatha 9,400 | |
Janakpur 5,400 | |
Kosi 4,000 | |
Narayani 2,900 | |
Bheri 2,400 | |
Mahakali 1,300 | |
Bagmati 600 | |
Seti 300 | |
Mechi 200 | |
Rapti 70 | |
Gandaki 60 | |
Website | South Asia Peoples |
Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
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Buddhism |
0.00 %
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Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
0.15 %
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Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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Hinduism |
99.85 %
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Islam |
0.00 %
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Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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Other / Small |
0.00 %
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Unknown |
0.00 %
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* From latest Nepal census data. Current Christian values may substantially differ. |
Primary Language | Maithili (17,000 speakers) | |||||||||
Language Code | mai Ethnologue Listing | |||||||||
Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | |||||||||
Total Languages | 9 | |||||||||
Secondary Languages |
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Primary Language | Maithili (17,000 speakers) |
Language Code | mai Ethnologue Listing |
Total Languages | 9 |
Secondary Languages | |
Awadhi 7,300 | |
Bhojpuri 5,800 | |
Nepali 1,300 | |
Kumaoni 1,000 | |
Angika 200 | |
Dotyali 200 | |
Hindi 200 | |
Bengali 80 | |
People Groups | Speaking Maithili |
Primary Language: Maithili
Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
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Bible-Portions | Yes |
Bible-New Testament | Yes (2010) |
Bible-Complete | No |
Bible-NT Audio | Online |
Possible Print Bibles | |
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Amazon | |
World Bibles | |
Forum Bible Agencies | |
National Bible Societies | |
World Bible Finder | |
Virtual Storehouse |
Photo Source | Anonymous |
Map Source | People Group Location: Omid. Other geography / data: GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project |
Profile Source | Vedanand |
Data Sources | Data is compiled from various sources. Learn more. |