The mythologically significant forest region which is associated with the Hindu epic Ramayana is a forest area spread over the states of Orissa, Chattisgarh and Andrapradesh. The name Dandakaranya is derived from - the abode of the demone Dandak. Or it can also be said that it is the forest where the punished people are left to live. Rama, Lakshmana and Sita spent 14 years of exile in this Dhandakaranya.
The central and eastern parts of India fall under this forest area and it also includes Eastern Ghats and in the east and the Abujhmar Hills in the west. It is the home of the Gond community. The entire region is a slope from north to southwest.
The central and eastern parts of India fall under this forest area and it also includes Eastern Ghats and in the east and the Abujhmar Hills in the west. It is the home of the Gond community. The entire region is a slope from north to southwest.
