Strings of Chinkara are made of horsehair. Chinkara is a bowed string instrument. It has three strings, 2 horsehairs, 1 steel. It is a local instrument found in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

1. Madai is an important tribal festival of Chhattisgarh.

2. Tribal communities worship Goddess Danteshwari and gather with local deities from various nearby villages in March.

3. They perform relo, chital, and masked dances and conclude the celebration with a huge banquet of fruits and local specialities along with a decoction made from the flowers of Mahua trees.

1. Manimekalai was composed by Sattanar about 1400 years ago.

2. This epic describes the story of Kovalan and Madhavi's daughter.