Anthropological Museum

Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh


Jagdalpur's old-fashioned-looking museum, 3km west of the centre, has illuminating exhibits on tribal customs and culture, as well as many artefacts collected from tribal villages in the 1970s and 1980s. The outdoor sections include re-creations of village houses.


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