Raipur, Jan. 26 -- The Chhattisgarh tableau, themed "The Mantra of Freedom - Vande Mataram," pays tribute to the indomitable courage and sacrifices of tribal freedom fighters, whose legacy is preserved at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Memorial and Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum--India's first digital museum dedicated exclusively to tribal heroes.

At the forefront of the tableau stands Veer Gundadhur, the legendary leader of the Dhurwa community and the face of the 1910 Bhumkal Rebellion. Bhumkal, meaning a collective assembly against injustice, symbolised mass tribal unity. The tableau depicts the rebellion's symbols-a twig of mango leaves and dried red chilies-representing mobilisation and defiance. The movement spread so widely that B...