The Banjara Virasat Museum has been inaugurated in Pohardevi at Washim in Maharashtra to celebrate the rich heritage of the Banjara community.
Banjara community is a group of nomadic tribes originally from Rajasthan who have now settled in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Poharadevi is considered a sacred site by the community, they often refer to it as the “Kashi of the Banjara community.”
The Banjaras were historically pastoralists, traders, breeders and transporters of goods in the inland regions of India.