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The Nai, Mangala (Telugu) of India

The Nai, Mangala (Telugu) of India, numbering approximately 624,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a barber caste of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra also called Nai Brahmin, playing music at weddings alongside their traditional trade. Hair-cutting remains practiced, supplemented by herbal medicine and government service.
They are an Indigenous people in the Marathi-Konkani people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Telugu is their primary language and Hinduism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Nai, Mangala (Telugu) are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Nai, Mangala (Telugu) are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

No longer Unreached

The Nai, Mangala (Telugu) are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

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