Archive · 8 Nov 2025
Jangaon Village Boycott on Potters Lifted After Police Intervention
In a village called Obukkeshavapuram, some families who make pots were told they couldn't sell their pots to people in the village.
This happened because these potters helped families from the Dalit community.
Leaders from other groups in the village were angry because they had decided not to help the Dalit families.
They told everyone not to buy pots from the potters and to get them from another town.
The police came because this kind of punishment is not fair.
Even though the police warned them, the leaders didn't want to stop the punishment right away.
So, the police gave them a deadline to fix it.
Later, everyone in the village met and decided to stop being unfair.
They promised to live together nicely, not treat people differently because of their caste, and buy all their pots from the potter families from now on to make sure everyone gets along.
Families from the Kummari (potter) community in Obukkeshavapuram village, Jangaon district, were socially boycotted by OC and BC community leaders.
The boycott was imposed because Kummari families supplied pots to SC (Dalit) families for a wedding and the Bonalu festival, defying a village resolution.
Police intervened after a complaint, warning of legal consequences and issuing a 48-hour deadline to lift the boycott.
Despite initial refusal by OC and BC leaders, a village meeting led to an agreement to end discrimination and promote social harmony.
All villagers pledged to live harmoniously, uphold equality, and purchase pots exclusively from the Potter community for all village occasions.
- Who
- Kummari (potter) community families and leaders from OC and BC communities in Obukkeshavapuram village, Jangaon district.
- What
- A social boycott against the Kummari community was enforced by OC and BC leaders for supplying pots to SC families, but was later lifted after police intervention and a village meeting.
- When
- The boycott was enforced and later resolved following police intervention and a village meeting.
- Where
- Obukkeshavapuram village, Jangaon district.
- Why
- The Kummari families were boycotted for defying a village resolution by supporting the SC community, which had previously stopped providing services to other castes. The boycott was lifted due to police intervention and an agreement to promote social harmony and equality.
Kummari (Potter) Community & SC Community
OC and BC Community Leaders
Social Boycott and Discrimination
Kummari (Potter) Community & SC Community
The Kummari families were socially boycotted and their pottery purchases were banned for supplying goods to SC families. The SC community had also previously stopped providing services to other castes.
OC and BC Community Leaders
OC and BC leaders enforced a boycott on the Kummari community for violating a village resolution by supporting the SC community and threatened further exclusion for those trading with them.
Resolution of Conflict
Kummari (Potter) Community & SC Community
Agreed to live harmoniously, uphold equality, and eliminate caste discrimination, collectively deciding to purchase exclusively from the Potter community for all village occasions.
OC and BC Community Leaders
Refused to lift the boycott initially despite police intervention, but eventually agreed to a resolution to end discrimination against the Potter community and restore social harmony.
- Village
- Obukkeshavapuram
- District
- Jangaon
- Communities Involved
- Kummari (Potter), OC (Other Caste), BC (Backward Class), SC (Scheduled Caste/Dalit)
- Reason for Initial Boycott
- Kummari families supplied pots to SC families for a wedding and Bonalu festival, defying a village resolution and informal ban.
- Police Action
- Deputy Commissioner of Police Raja Mahendra Naik directed an inspector to visit the village and warn against social boycott, later facilitating a meeting.
- Boycott Resolution
- Villagers agreed to end discrimination, live harmoniously, and purchase pottery exclusively from the Kummari community.
