Caption

Mural painting depicting the Anga Dev ritual, one of the many rituals performed during the Bastar Dussehra in the Bastar region, Chhattisgarh, India. Anga Dev is a log of wood, this is a representation of the village deity. Each Bastar village has its own tutelary deity that issupposed to protect the village and its inhabitants. The Dussehra in Bastar is a long festival (75 days)

Date

Jan 07, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Franck Metois

Reference

BRK26E03_195

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.5Mb (11.5Mb) / 14.2in x 9.4in / 4256 x 2832 (300dpi)

Keywords

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