President Murmu hosts 209 member Bastar tribal delegation at Rashtrapati Bhavan

3 min readUpdated: Jul 31, 2026 08:16 AM IST President Droupadi Murmu hosted a 209-member Bastar delegation at Rashtrapati Bhavan, praising the region's tribal heritage and expressing a desire to attend Bastar Dussehra. President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday hosted a 209-member delegation from Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region at Rashtrapati Bhavan, where she interacted with tribal community leaders, artists and winners of the Bastar Pandum festival, and expressed her desire to attend Bastar Dussehra and the cultural festival in the future. The delegation, led by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, included winners of Bastar Pandum 2026, representatives of Bastar’s traditional tribal leadership system, including Pargana Majhis, Majhis and Chalkis, Padma Shri awardees, public representatives, artists a