📍 Festival📍 Cultural🍲 Local Experience

Bastar Dussehra Festival

Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India

4.7 (0)

Overview

The world's longest festival — 75 days of tribal ritual around Danteshwari, culminating in the giant wooden Rath and the gathering of hundreds of village deities.

Why visit: A living tribal spectacle unlike any Dussehra elsewhere in India.

Things to do

›Giant wooden Rath
›Deity gatherings
›Rath Yatra pull
›Muria Durbar

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Travel Information

Best time

Aug–Oct (climax Oct)

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹500–1,500

Duration

Multi-day

Nearby attractions

Within

0.2 km

🍲 Local Experience

4.2

Jagdalpur (Bastar Capital)

Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh

The gateway city of the Bastar kingdom — the royal palace, Danteshwari temple, weekly tribal haats and the launchpad for every waterfall and cave in the region.

Oct–Mar; Bastar Dussehra (Oct)1–2 daysExplore

0.6 km

📍 Heritage

4.1

Bastar Palace & Anthropological Museum

Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh

The seat of the Kakatiya rulers of Bastar and the excellent tribal museum nearby — Ghotul models, ritual masks, weapons and the dhokra-and-bell-metal legacy.

Oct–Mar (museum closed Mon)2–3 hrsExplore

1 km

💎 Hidden Gem🍲 Local Experience

4.4

Bastar Weekly Tribal Haats

Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh

The region's soul at trade — weekly village markets of mahua, salfi toddy, forest produce, dhokra craft and Gond-Muria life, each haat on its own day.

Oct–Mar; market days varyHalf dayExplore

14.7 km