The present study carried out at Kandhmal district of Odisha which was once famous for human sacrifice to appease darni-the earth deity; in fact in the name of such sacrifice chiefly female infanticide was practised by the Kandh and Pano community which was known as merriah. The present empirical study at the hilly-forest terrain of Kandhamal among the Pano or Kui Domanga community, categorized as Scheduled Caste-the stigma of untouchability has been imposed ...
