History of Baggers in India: A Sociological Perspective

Sharanappa; Veerendra Kumar N

History of Baggers in India: A Sociological Perspective

Author(s)	Mr. Sharanappa, Dr. Veerendra Kumar N
Country	India
Abstract	¨Begging, a social scourge, has become a relatively common profession in India. This study History of Baggers in India with considerable social and economic consequences. The phenomenon of begging is often viewed through the lens of poverty. Begging and beggars are two different concepts. Begging is the act of asking someone for money, goods, food, and other things. India has the largest population in the world; the Varna institution and the joint family system have had important bearing on the problem of beggary in ancient India. According to Dr. Murthy, the former "defined the scope and methods of mendicancy, distributed the social burden of poor relief and prevented hap hazard and promiscuous begging", Today, not only has beggary increased in its magnitude but also become a major concern for the society as well as the economy. Studies have shown that beggary is not an isolated phenomenon but an amalgamation of many background problems such as poverty, if one ever walks by the roads of an Indian citys, one can find thousands of people sleeping on the footpaths with the street dogs. We judge them at a very quick glance, but we do not have the proper answer to why they beg India has no central law on beggars. Though anti-begging laws are there in most of the states and Union Territories. This beggar community is huge in India; this large community consists of orphans, children, old age people, unemployed people, folk singers, transgender and others. The good number of beggars in a country shows its high poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, and inequality. Criminalising or prohibiting begging is not a solution to the problem, but it is important to look deep into the causes of begging and work on them. Through the present study an attempt has been made to focus on the types of physical disability of beggars reasons for getting into begging profession daily earring of beggars in India. Study of the historical profile of beggars in India. To analyse of the demographic profile of beggars in the study. To identify of the challenges faced by beggars in the study.
Keywords	Beggars, religion. Society, poverty, unemployment, illiteracy.
Field	Sociology
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 4, July-August 2026
Published On	2026-07-05

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