“It is almost impossible to characterize all of India’s tribals in a single ethnographic or historic framework.” – Ganesh [GN] Devy in his Introduction to Painted Words (An Anthology of Tribal Literature)
Explore India’s tribal cultural heritage with the help of several interactive maps, specially created for visitors to this website:
- An alphabetical journey across India: from Andaman to West Bengal
- Northeastern India: the “Seven Sister States” & Sikkim
- Visit a museum in India: Indigenous art, anthropological & ethnographical collections
- A virtual journey across time and space: from Gondi-Harappan to present & future
- Locations for video documentaries & external media contents
- Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (Govt. data) & Endangered languages (PLSI data)
- Places associated with press reports and blogs about India’s tribal cultural heritage
- A virtual journey across India: from Ladakh to Gujarat
Regions of India – Tribal heritage & indigenous knowledge
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Bastar
- Chotanagpur
- Gadchiroli
- Narmada
- Nilgiri Biosphere
- Wayanad
- Western Ghats – tribal heritage & ecology
Up-to-date information on India’s Zonal Cultural Centers | Government website
- Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata
Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council - North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Prayagraj
Uttar Pradesh - North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur
Seven Sister States & Sikkim – North Eastern Council - North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala
Northern region – Northern Zonal Council - South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur
Central region – Central Zonal Council - South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur
Southern region – Southern Zonal Council - West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur
Western region – Western Zonal Council