Namassej (Hindu traditions) in Sri Lanka


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Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
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* From latest Sri Lanka census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.

Introduction / History

According to records, they were made outcastes by India's Sen Dynasty in the 11th and 12th centuries along with other uprooted Bengali Hindu communities. They fled to southern swamps until the British arrived.


Where Are they Located?

The bulk of this people group lives either in India's state of West Bengal, or Bangladesh, but there are smaller pockets of them in Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Most of them are farmers, fishermen, boatmen, or carpenters. Others work as wage laborers. This caste has remained socially immobile for years. Many still live below the poverty line in desperate need of gainful employment, economic restoration, and socio-political acceptance.


What Are Their Beliefs?

Their faith is in Hindu gods and idols rather than the living Savior and Creator. The Namasudras practice folk Hinduism, venerating their ancestors and family gods.


What Are Their Needs?

Believers can help the Namasudra people with practical economic needs like helping them to build their own co-ops to sell their products.


Prayer Points

Pray for the Holy Spirit to give the Namasudra people in Sri Lanka teachable and understanding hearts.
Pray that a strong movement of the Holy Spirit will bring entire Namasudra families into a rich experience of God's blessing.
Pray for Namasudra families to be drawn by the Holy Spirit to seek forgiveness and to understand the adequacy of Christ's work on the cross.
Pray for teams of believers to do sustained, focused prayer for the Lord to open the hearts of Namasudra family leaders to experience God's blessing through a movement of family-based discovery Bible studies.


Scripture Prayers for the Namassej (Hindu traditions) in Sri Lanka.


References

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17756/CE
https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17756/IN
http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/2012/10/18
http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/2006/09/24
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namasudra
http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4b6fe2370.pdf


Profile Source:   Keith Carey  

People Name General Namassej (Hindu traditions)
People Name in Country Namassej (Hindu traditions)
Pronunciation NAY-muh-sez
Alternate Names Canana; Chanao; Chandal; Chandel; Chanral; Chattri; Khanda-Khatriya; Nama; Namassut; Namasud; Namo; Verhudti; नमास्सेज
Population this Country 600
Population all Countries 4,522,000
Total Countries 5
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
People ID 17756
ROP3 Code 113215
Country Sri Lanka
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Total States on file 6
Largest States
Eastern
300
Central
200
Western
50
Sabaragamuwa
20
Uva
20
Northern
10
Country Sri Lanka
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Total States 6
  Eastern 300
  Central 200
  Western 50
  Sabaragamuwa 20
  Uva 20
  Northern 10
Website South Asia Peoples
Primary Religion: Hinduism
Major Religion Percent *
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.00 %)
0.00 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
100.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
* From latest Sri Lanka census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.
Primary Language Bengali (600 speakers)
Language Code ben   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Bengali (600 speakers)
Language Code ben   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Bengali

Primary Language:  Bengali

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1800-1980)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (1801-1984)
Bible-Complete Yes  (1809-2022)
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General Zume Resources Zume Project
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Map Source People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project.  
Profile Source Keith Carey 
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