Sarnaism or
Sarna (local languages:
Sarna Dhorom, meaning "Religion of the Holy Woods") defines the
indigenous religions of the
Adivasi populations of the states of Central-
East India, such as the
Munda, the
Ho, the
Santali, the
Khuruk, and others. During, colonial rule it was subsumed as a
folk form of
Hinduism, in recent decades followers have started to develop an identity, and more recently even an organisation, distinct from Hinduism, similarly to other tribal religious movements such as
Donyi-Polo or
Sanamahism.