The Adi Jambava are an leather artisan Indian caste of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
[1] This hilly mountain tribe worships Rama, Shiva, Krishna, Adi Parashakti, Shiva, Matangi and Maramma remembrance of Jambavantha, they grow long beards and hair, wear ochre turbans, wear ashes and a horizontal shape on their foreheads known as Addagandha.
[2] They are also related to Madiga found in Karnataka state, India.
[3] They are referred to as Jambava samaj.
[4][5] The government of Karnataka has also launched a Separate Corporation Called Karnataka Adi Jambava Development Corporation for the uplift of the Adi Jambava community.