Caption

Madai festival in Bastar region (Chhattisgarh, India), Madai is a popular festival followed by the Gond tribe. The festival is spanning months. This is a celebration where gods (ancestral and guardians deities) leave their shrines to visit one another, and tribals gather to worship their deities. On this photo, a woman is bowing down before a local deity

Date

Jan 13, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Franck Metois

Reference

BRK26H28_261

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

Keywords

building celebration sanctum statue photo prayer faith God religion protect month woman ethnic group India Asia tradition Indian religious deity Asian typical traditional shrine figure pray female holy group guard festive meeting assemble worship celebrate tribe ethnology native visit bow ethnologic ethnic Believer popular guard figure travel photography piety devout protective god leaves tribes people Bastar region Chhattisgarh structure festivity sanctuary photograph belief shelter custom Asiatic characteristic piece sacred guardian gathering gather revere tribal indigenous ethnological veneration ethnical believer favored guard staue Guardian deity construction picture character St. assembly assembled whorship local adoration ethnicity religious person favoured guardian figure gathered pay homage devotee liked patron god worshipper Faithful buildings celebrations sanctums statues photos prayers Gods religions protecting months women ethnic groups traditions deities shrines figures praying females groups guards festively meetings assembling worshiping worshipping celebrating tribes ethnologies natives visits bowing worships Believers guard figures leaving photographs sheltering customs pieces guardians revering believers guard staues tribals constructions locals guardian figures pays homage devotees worshippers lord protects women's woman's womans girl traditionally figurine prays guarding assembles celebrates visiting bows leave shelters gathers reveres revered paying homage worshiper