A Tale of the Gonds: Phulmat of the Hills

Gonds are one of the largest tribal groups in the world. They are mostly live in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha. Gonds are subdivided into four tribes: Raj Gonds Madia Gonds Dhurve Gonds Khatulwar Gonds Their staple food is two kinds of millet: kodo and kutki. Rice is mostly consumed during festival feasts. Gonds believe that earth, water and air are ruled by Gods. They majorly speak Gondi which is an unwritten language of the Dravidian family. It has been notified as a Scheduled Tribe.