The Jangubhai Cave Temple and the Kaplai Caves, located in the inter-state border of Kerameri taluk in Kumram Bheem district of Telengana and Jivti taluk of Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, are considered as pilgrimage centres by the ancient native Adivasi tribes like the Raj Gond, Pardhan and Kolam. Jangubai Jatara is a month long festival of these Adivasis which is celebrated from the middle of December to middle of January every year at the cave temples in Sahyadri hills. The temple is about a length of 75 feet. The Kaplai Caves are be much longer, even said to be running into a few kilometres. Pilgrim age to Kapali is undertaken barefooted on loose pieces of sharp-edged stones near the cave. Stream, Toplakasa, runs under the rocky roof inside the cave where adivasis take dip before offering their prayers. Pilgrims then perform puja, and visit the temple of Lord Shiva. As these Adivasi tribes do not like outsiders to interfere for exploration, these caves have remained hidden from the outside world.
Raj Gond or Gondi or Gond, are one of the largest ethnic tribal groups of India. Their population is spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra (Vidarbha), Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, and Odisha. They speak Gondi language which is closely related to the Telugu belonging to the Dravidian family of languages. Gonds ruled in four kingdoms (Garha-Mandla, Deogarh, Chanda, and Kherla) in central India between the 16th and 18th centuries. The Maratha power conquered the Gondland in the 1740s. There are eight clans of Gonds—Tumram, Kodapa, Raisidam, Salam, Vetti, Here Kumre, Marapa and Mandadi.
The Pardhan tribes are a subgroup of Gond tribe and majority of this tribe live in the Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. They are traditional singers and musicians who perform at festivals and important life ceremonies. However now-a-days Pardhans have engaged themselves as agricultural workers cultivateing wheat, sorghum, vegetables and fruit. Some also make their living by weaving and producing bamboo articles. Their primary language is called their own Pardhan language. Some Pardhan also speak Hindi, Marathi and Gondi.
The Kolam tribe is a scheduled tribe of mainly of Yavatmal and Chandrapur districts of Maharashtra inhabiting Telengana, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh. They speak Kolami, which is an intermediate group of Dravidian languages. They are classified as the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTGs). Kolam tribes are an endogamous group and have a practice of marrying within their specific social group, caste, or ethnic group.