Traditional instruments echo at Sendra Utsav
A participant plays a traditional tribal instrument during the Sendra Utsav celebrations in the Ajodhya Hills on 1 May 2026, as part of the Buddha Purnima observance in Purulia district.
A participant plays a traditional tribal instrument during the Sendra Utsav celebrations in the Ajodhya Hills on 1 May 2026, as part of the Buddha Purnima observance in Purulia district.
Tribal community members perform together on traditional instruments at the Sendra Utsav in the Ajodhya Hills, Purulia, blending ancestral hunting customs with Buddha Purnima festivities on 1 May 2026.
Participants carry traditional spears during the Sendra Utsav procession in the Ajodhya Hills, symbolising the ancestral hunting heritage of tribal communities in Purulia district on 1 May 2026.
A tribesman carries a traditional Banam, a hunting weapon integral to Sendra Utsav, during the festival in the Ajodhya Hills on 1 May 2026, preserving centuries-old customs of Purulia's tribal communities.