Jogi

The Jogi (also spelled Jugi or Yogi) are a Hindu community, found in North India and Sindh, Pakistan, with smaller numbers in the southern Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.

Jogi is a colloquial term for the "yogi", which refers to the people who practiced Yoga as part of their daily rituals. Over time, this led to the formation of a community, and subsequently was formed into a caste.

History and origin

The Jogi are followers of yoga and worshippers of the Hindu god Shiva. As followers of yoga, they traditionally wear saffron-colored clothing. The community once comprised mendicants only, but now are outnumbered by those who have taken to cultivation. They and their descendants form a caste with two sub-groups, the Kanphata and Augur. In North India, they speak Hindi and its various dialects.

The term Jogi now consists of three distinct classes of persons. One is purely religious mendicants of the various Jogi orders, the second includes various people who live by fortune telling, practising exorcisms and divination. And finally, there are a number of endogamous castes.

Jogi (disambiguation)

Jogi (also spelled Jugi, Yogi) are a Hindu community, found primarily in North India and Sindh, Pakistan, with smaller numbers in the southern Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.

It may also refer to:

See also

Jogi (song)

"Jogi" is a famous international bhangra hit in 2003 for the British bhangra artist and DJ Panjabi MC and considered his second definitive tune next to his initial bhangra success hit Mundian To Bach Ke. The hit was written by Punjabi poet and lyricist Babu Singh Mann and by Rajinder Rai himself (Panjabi MC) and contains additional vocals by Beenie Man in addition to a non-identified high-pitched female singer and prominent tumbi and dhol accompaniment. Bass is credited to Marcel Stepel and guitar play by Andre Dembkowski. A music video was also released.

Music experts say Panjabi MC samples in "Jogi" parts of the beat from "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps released in 1973 and "Put It On" by Big L featuring Kid Capri released in 1994.

It was marketed in the UK as a double A side single with B-side being "Beware Of The Boys (Jay-Z Remix)"

Jogi EP

Panjabi MC also released on 29 July 2003 an EP also titled Jogi with various mixes