Where in India would you find the country's biggest waterfall, the most dense forest after the Amazon, the most bio-diverse "hot spot", the world's oldest tribal community, the deepest living cave in the world with the oldest stalactite and stalagmite formations, exotic wildlife including the endangered Asiatic wild buffalo and the rarest of rare species of birds?
The answer is Bastar, Chhattisgarh's best-kept secret. It's where heaven is described as "miles and miles without a forest guard" and hell is "miles and miles without a Mahua tree".
At the centre of it all lies Jagdalpur, the district headquarters of Bastar, 300 km from the State capital of Raipur. A road that is lined, albeit intermittently, with graphic epitaphs of those who are no more. .
A mystical land that beckons one and all...blessed with greenery and rich natural resources, it is home to the 'Koitoor' and their enchanting culture and practices