କୋରାପୁଟର ବାଲ୍ମୀକି ସମ୍ପ୍ରଦାୟ | ଶ୍ରୀ ନୀଳକଣ୍ଠ ଡୋଲିଆ | ସଂସ୍କୃତ ଶବ୍ଦାବଳୀ ଥିବା ଆଦିବାସୀ ଭାଷା

In Koraput, the highland of Odisha, live a tribe named #Valmiki (#Balmiki) who speak a language having uncanny resemblance to #Sanskrit. They claim to be descendants of Sage Valmiki. There is a cave on top of a steep hill named Valmiki Gumpha (Also Called Raja Gumpha) between Nandapur and Padua region of Koraput. Sri Nilakantha Dolia is from the Valmiki community and has researched about heritage of Valmiki community, authored few books and has experience of presenting his finding in national and international seminars. He laments the incident of destruction of stone inscriptions by ignorant and careless construction agencies engaged by administration to make roads and buildings.