Talom Rukbo (1937–2001) was the father of
Donyi-Polo
Donyi Polo is the designation given to the indigenous religion, of animistic and shamanic type, of the Tani and other Indo-Tibetan and Sino-Tibetan peoples of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in Northeast India. The name "Donyi-Polo" means "Sun- ...
religion, a revivalist religious movement based in
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and la ...
which attempts to reconstruct
Tani (
Adi) animist spirituality.
He has criticized Christian missionaries for fraudulent
conversion
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practices in the Northeast of India.
Because of his contribution to the
Adivasi
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way of life, Rukbo has been named one of the inspirations for the
Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram project run by the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
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.
Publications
* ''Donyi-Polo faith and practice of the Adis -- Extr. de : Indigenous faith and practices of the tribes of Arunachal Pradesh'', New Delhi : Himalayan Publ., 1998
Biblio
Groupe des laboratoires de Villejuif
References
1937 births
2001 deaths
Donyi-Polo
Indian religious leaders
Indian critics of Christianity
People from Arunachal Pradesh
Anti-Christian sentiment in India
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