Launched by the Hon’ble PM in January 2018, the ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ programme aims to quickly and effectively transform the most underserved 112 districts across India.
10 Districts from Chhattisgarh are covered under the scheme:
Bastar Region: Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Sukma
Chhattisgarh Plain Region: Korba, Mahasamund, Rajnandgaon

The Aspirational Districts programme has evolved from the principle of ‘Convergence of Schemes’ to provision of additional financial resources to the Districts to undertake innovative projects that significantly improve the indicators.

National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) to beautify and improve the amenities and infrastructure at pilgrimage centres of all faiths.
Dongargarh is included under this scheme where Maa Bambleshwari Temple is the main attraction in the city besides it is situated on the Mumbai- Howrah train route.

Generally, the most senior member of the house is chosen for the post who then carries on the activities till the permanent speaker is chosen.
• Duty of a Pro-tem Speaker is to administer the oath of office to new members of the house. He also enables the House to elect the new Speaker.
• Once the new Speaker is elected, the office of the pro tem speaker ceases to exist. He also administers the floor test.

Rampukar Singh was elected from Pathalgaon on Congress ticket was appointed as the Protem Speaker in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.

Major Lawn Tennis Tournaments:
Australian Open (Hard): May-June
French Open (Clay): June-July
Wimbledon (Grass): August
US Open (Hard): September

Manendragarh with 131,273 electors is the smallest Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh while Kasdol with 333,240 electors is the largest Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh.

In order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process, the Election Commission of India celebrates January 25 every year as “National Voters’ Day”. It has been started from January 25, 2011 to mark Commission’s foundation day.

Swadesh Darshan scheme is one of the flagship schemes of the Ministry of tourism, for development of thematic circuits in the country in a planned and prioritised manner. Under the scheme the first Tribal Circuit Project was launched from Dhamtari in Sep, 2018.

The project covers thirteen sites in Chhattisgarh i.e. Jashpur, Kunkuri, Mainpat, Kamleshpur, Maheshpur, Kurdar, Sarodadadar, Gangrel, Kondagaon, Nathiya Nawagaon, Jagdalpur, Chitrakoot, Tirthgarh. 

Ms Teejan Bai was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2019 Art-Vocals-Folk field. She is the proponent of Pandavani, literally means stories of Pandavas and involves enacting and singing with instrumental accompaniment an ektara or a tambura in one hand and sometimes a kartal in another. She won Padma Shree in 1988, Padma Bhushan in 2003.

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His most famous work was Chandaḥprabhākara, a work on prosody in Hindi, which saw nine editions during his life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagannath_Prasad_Bhanu

Mukutdhar Pandey wrote Kuri ke prati (first romantic work in Chhattisgarh), Meghdoot (translation of original Meghdoot) and Puja ke phool.

Purujhru was written by Suklal Prasad Pandey.

Pt Madhav Rao Sapre is known as the father of journalism in Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh Mitra (1900 AD) was the first newspaper of Chhattisgarh which was published weekly and Mahakoshal (1937 AD) was weekly newspaper which later became daily under Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla in 1951 AD.

Chhattisgarhi Rajbhasha Day or Official Language Day is celebrated on 28 Nov. It marks the passing of landmark legislation to form Chhattisgarhi Rajbhasha Aayog on 28 Nov, 2008.

Bans Geet is based on sadness and is mainly sung by Raut community. The musical instruments are made up of bamboo.

The Rajim Kumbh is celebrated every year during February-March for about 15 days. It starts with Magh Purnima till Maha Shivratri.

A mockery gun is referred to as Tupak, it is the tradition of ‘Guard of Honour’ to Lord Jagannath. The colourful Tupki is made from the hollow bamboo, palm leaves and coloured paper. The bullet used in Tupki is locally known as peng or pengu. This is a fruit of a wild climber used as herbage. People aim at one another with bamboo Tupki and the whole atmosphere fills with joy and laughter.

Khurmi is made from rice and wheat mix and tastes sweet.

Ornaments for the neck:

1. Necklace
2. Hasuli/Sutiya
3. Suta
4. Surra
5. Putri
6. Dholki

Tribal Marriage System in Chhattisgarh:

Dudhlotawa Marriage: In this marriage, cousin brothers and cousin sisters are married. This marriage is more prevalent among the Gonds.

Paringadhan Marriage: In this marriage, there is a tradition of receiving wife by giving bride value. This practice is most prevalent among Khairvar tribes, also called as purchase marriage.

Ar-uto Marriage: The tradition of marrying a widow is called Ar-Uto marriage, also known as turmeric-water marriage or widow marriage.

Lamsena Marriage: In this marriage, the boy has to go to the girl’s house and show his capabilities in his future in-laws house. When the boy becomes successful, they give consent for the marriage. It is also known as Service or Charghiya marriage. In Kanwar tribe it is called Dharjan and Binjwar tribe it is known as Gharjiya.

Paysotor Marriage: In this marriage, the boy elopes with the girl to get married, also called abduction marriage. This marriage is the most prevalent among the Gond tribes of Bastar.

Stubborn  Marriage: In  this  marriage, the girl enters the boy’s house to stay with him. The family gets compelled to give the consent for marriage. It is called Dhuku marriage in Korwa and Agariya tribe and Pethu /Pethul marriage in the Bhaiga tribe.

Gurawat Marriage: In this marriage, girls of two families are accepted as bride for the boys of another family, also known as exchange marriage. In the Birhore tribe, it is also called a golat marriage.

Gandharva  Marriage: In this marriage, the girl and boy like each other before being married, also called love marriage. This marriage is the most prevalent among the Paraja tribe.

In 1973, the Dhebar Commission created Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) as a separate category, who are less developed among the tribal groups. In 2006, the Government of India renamed the PTGs as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).

Primitive Tribes in Chhattisgarh (by Govt of India): Abujhmaria, Baiga, Birhor, Pahari Korwa, Kamar

Separately Included (by Govt of Chhattisgarh): Pando and Bhunjia

Sadri (Nagpuri) is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Northern Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

Tribal society is not matriarchal but patriarchal.

In Jharkhand and adjoining Jashpur District, it is Nagpuri folk dance. The women and men of groom’s and bridegroom’s family perform this dance during all major marriage ceremonies.
They form a semi-circle to perform this particular dance by holding hands of each other and lyrics of the song are satirical and full of joy.

Dravid language family: Mudiya, Abujmadia, Gond, Kurukh or Oraon

Each spoke out of 24 spokes in the Dharmachakra depicts one hour of the day, portraying the prevalence of righteousness, all 24 hours of it.

Rajarani temple is one of the most renowned temples in Bhubaneswar, Odisha and is dedicated to Lord Brahma. It is locally known as a “love temple” because of the erotic carvings of women and couples in the temple.

The Mahamastabhisheka is an important Jain festival held once every twelve years in the town of Shravanabelagola in Karnataka state, India. The festival is held in veneration of Gomateshwara Bahubali, the son of Rishabhanatha, the first tirthankara of Jainism.

Nagarjuna was an Indian Buddhist philosopher who articulated the doctrine of emptiness (shunyata) and is traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamika (“Middle Way”) school, an important tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy.

Kuchipudi is one of the classical styles of Indian dances. In fact, Kuchipudi is the name of a village in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. It is about 35 km. from Vijayawada. Andhra has a very long tradition of dance-drama which was known under the generic name of Yakshagaana.

To show the dexterity of the dancers in footwork and their control and balance over their bodies, techniques like dancing on the rim of a brass plate and with a pitcher full of water on the head was introduced.

Ellora is a World Heritage Site located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra with Buddhist, Hindu and Jain caves, built in proximity to demonstrate the religious harmony prevalent during this period of Indian history. These stunning man-made monolithic cave temples were carved during the rule of Kalachuri, Rashtrakuta and Chalukya dynasties.

Based on the language of the works of Tulsidas:

    Awadhi works: Ramcharitmanas, Ramlala Nahachhu, Barvai Ramayan, Parvati Mangal, Janaki Mangal and Ramagya Prashna

    Braja works: Krishna Gitavali, Gitavali, Sahitya Ratna, Dohavali, Vairagya Sandipani and Vinaya Patrika

Gopurams are absent in Nagara architecture. Mandapa’s are present in Nagara architecture.

As per Articles 344(1) and 351 of the Indian Constitution, the eighth schedule includes the recognition of the following 22 languages:
Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Meitei
Punjabi, Dogri, Kashmiri, Sindhi
Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani
Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu
Odia, Maithili, Santali
Nepali, Sanskrit, Urdu

In Boustrophedon, the writing of alternate lines in opposite directions, one line from left to right and the next from right to left. Some Etruscan texts are written in boustrophedon style, as are some Greek ones of about the 6th century bc.

Syādvāda, in Jaina metaphysics, the doctrine that all judgments are conditional, holding good only in certain conditions, circumstances, or senses, expressed by the word syāt (Sanskrit: “may be”).

Event related with Buddha and their Symbols:

Buddha’s Birth: Lotus & Bull

The Great Departure (Mahabhinishkramana): Horse

Enlightment (Nirvana ): Bodhi Tree

First Sermon (Dhammachakraparivartan): Wheel

Death (Parinirvana): Stupa

Satyameva Jayate is a mantra from the ancient Indian scripture Mundaka Upanishad. The emblem is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka which was erected around 250 BCE at Sarnath, near Varanasi in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Jugalbandi is the main attraction of Kathak recital which shows a competitive play between the dancer and the table player.

Advaita Vedanta believes that an enlightened guru, having the knowledge of both the scriptures and Brahman, is indispensable for anyone seeking salvation.

Gond tribe call itself Koytor which means Hill people. 4 princely states in Chhattisgarh out of 14 were Gond States, These were Kawardha, Raigarh, Sarangarh, and Sakti.

The origins of Bharatanatyam can be traced back to ‘Sadir’ – the solo dance performance of the temple dancers or ‘devadasis’ in Tamil Nadu. It was also referred to as ‘Dashiattam’.

It is one of the intangible heritages of India as accorded by UNESCO.

• It is performed for purification and rejuvenation of the community.
• The ritual is a part of the Bhagwati cult. It is performed in just 4 districts of Kerela during the four-day festival dedicated to Goddess Kali after the summer harvest.

Varrier Elvin wrote many books on tribals. In the book The Gaur, he called the dance form of Muriya tribe, the most beautiful dance in the world.

• Mimamsa philosophy is basically the analysis of interpretation, application and the use of the text of the Samhita and Brahmana portions of the Veda.
• According to Mimamsa philosophy, Vedas are eternal and possess all knowledge, and religion means the fulfilment of duties prescribed by the Vedas.
• This philosophy encompasses the Nyaya-Vaisheshika systems and emphasizes the concept of valid knowledge.