❖ 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.