“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 cultural heritage and indigenous knowledge
For up-to-date information on India’s Zonal Cultural Centres, visit the official website >>
- Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata
- North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Prayagraj
- North east Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur
- North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala
- South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur
- South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur
- West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur