Kumaram Bheem Festival

Komram Bheem was born at Sankepally village in Komarambheem District Kumram Bheem was a revolutionary leader in Hyderabad State of British India from the Gond tribes Bheem in association with other Gond leaders led a protracted low intensity rebellion against the feudal Nizams of Hyderabad in the eastern part of the princely state during the 1930s which contributed in the culmination of the Telangana Rebellion of 1946 He was killed by armed policemen in 1940 subsequently lionised as a symbol of rebellion and eulogised in Adivasi and Telugu folklore Bheem is deified as a pen in Gond culture and is credited for coining the slogan Jal Jangal Zameen transl Water Forest Land which symbolising a sentiment against encroachment and exploitation has been adopted by Adivasi movements as a call to action. His death anniversary is commemorated by the Gonds every year on Aswayuja Powrnami where an event is organized at Jodeghat the place of his death and his center of operations during the rebellion His aides Bhadu master and Maru master are considered to have been instrumental in lionising him following his death in order to motivate demoralised combatants.The death anniversary of the late Komaram Bheem a Gond Tribe leader is commemorated as a tribal festival in Telangana Late Komaram Bheem is one of the foremost freedom fighters who sacrificed his life for the freedom and rights of the tribals The Telangana State Government had established a tribal museum and memorial in honour of Komaram Bheem The Department of Tourism and Tribal Department had developed a Tribal Resort creating various tourist infrastructure facilities at Komaram Bheem memorial and as a tourism hub