What is "sadangi"

Sadangi is a village in Kendujhar District in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kendujhar district.

Sadangi, ( Sanskrit:षडङ्गी),( Oriya:ଷଡଙ୍ଗୀ) are a sub-group of Utkala Brahmin who have Oriya as their mother tongue. They inhabit mainly the coastal and deltaic area of Orissa. Later on, large numbers of Sadangi families migrated to Garjat regions, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.They belong to Shrauta/vedic class Brahmins.The Brahmins following Shrauta/vedic tradition, have right to read and teach Vedas and hence are known as Vedic Brahmins or Namaskaraniya.Their surname is derived from that they once specialised on the six Vedangas of Samaveda ( Sanskrit:सामवेद षडङ्ग). They generally follow Kauthuma Shaakha (କୌଥୁମ୍ନ ଶାଖା) of Samaveda.Samavedis follow mainly Khadira grihya sutra, Drahyayana shrauta, and Naradiya Shiksha. Some also follow Gobhilya grihya.