People group profile · PG041975
The Bodh of India
The Bodh of India, numbering about 175,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Tibetan-related people of the western Himalayas, found primarily in Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh and culturally linked to the broader Tibetan world.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Tibetan Buddhism, and they primarily speak Ladakhi.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 175,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Ladakhi (lbj)
- Primary religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Himachal Pradesh: Kinnaur and Lahaul Spiti districts; Ladakh: Leh district, 250 villages and hamlets
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bodh are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Bodh
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Tibetan Buddhism · Buddhism
95% adherents
Primary language
Ladakhi · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Ladakhi
Gospel resources in Ladakhi
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Ladakhi)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bodh
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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