From the archive record
Traditional mud house seen at the Narna village, Madhya Pradesh. Narna is situated in Paraswada tehsil and located in Balaghat district of Madhya pradesh. It is one of 174 villages in paraswada block along with villages like Jhulup and Sarekha. Narna is well known for its mud house that are made by people of Gondi or Gond tribe. Gond tribe or Gond tribe is one of the main tribe of Madhya Pradesh and are found in the Narna village that lies on the fringes of Kanha forest. Gond people are a Dravidian people in central India, spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra (Vidarbha), Chhattisgarh, northern Andhra Pradesh (Telangana), and Western Odisha (majhi or gan community). With over four million people, they are the largest tribe in Central India. They are a designated sch