Intro to Kulta Maha Sabha (KMS)

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Kulta Maha Sabha (KMS) is a dedicated community to re-unite the youth belongs to Kulta cast. The main objective of KMS is to discover & inform about the customs, tradition , culture of the kulta samaj, one of the oldest cast in India, to the people belongs to kulta cast, so that they can feel proud of themselves & will be in a position to tell others about the greatness of the Kulta Cast. The word kulta synonymsly use as "Kulita", "Kulta", "Kuilta". Aslo in some parts of Orissa they are also called "Chasa".

KMS has a community in orkut called on its name "Kulta Maha Sabha" Also There is a KMS group on Google group, the name is also same there "Kulta Maha Sabha" . There are few more communities on orkut featuring kulta cast, but KMS is the prominent one.

The Kulta Cast : Origination

A brief Introduction to Kulta Cast:

There is an interesting oral narrative regarding the origin of the three agriculturist castes of West Orissa namely Sudh, Dumal and Kulta. It is said that during banabasa (exile), Ramachandra was wandering in the forests of Sambalpur region. Once, he met three brothers and asked them for water. Out of these brothers, one brought water in a clean brass pot and as such was called Sudh, meaning pure. The second brother made a dana (cup of leaves) and drew water from a well with a rope. Hence, he was known as Dumal. This name Dumal is derived from the words Dori-mal meaning a coil or the chord of rope. The third brother is said to have brought water in a hollow gourd. So, he was named Kulta, which is derived from the word Kurita.

But according to another oral tradition, the Kultas migrated from Ayodhya to Boudh. Their ancestors were employed in the royal house-hold of Raja Dasaratha. They accompanied Ramachandra, Lakshmana and Sita in their banabasa (exile) and settled in Boudh during their wandering. Sarsara and Jagati of Boudh are considered to be the main centres of the Kultas. Therefrom, they migrated and settled in different parts of west Orissa. This may be corroborated by the claim of the Kultas of Sambalpur who say that their ancestors lived in Boudh. Also, some of them identify themselves as the Sarsara Kultas and Jagati Kultas. Writing of Cobden Ramsay about the Kultas also substantiates this contention. He writes that the Kultas worship the goddess Ramachandi, whose principal shrine is situated at Sarsara (quoted in Senapati and Sahu, 1968:101).