Adivasi means first settlers in Hindi - India's indigenous people

The hilly areas of central India are home to many adivasi communities

Fields and villages of the Gond and Kondh in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Orissa

grinding grains

making ropes

musicians and dancers

portraits of tribal villagers

adivasi selling their products in the market

fishing with a sari

adivasi gods

memorials for their ancestors