TRIFED opens National Tribal Festival Aadi Bazaar 2026 at Raipur with 30 stalls of 80 artisans

24 October 2026

The National Tribal Festival 'Aadi Bazaar 2026' was inaugurated at the Town Hall in the Collectorate premises at Raipur on 24 October 2026. It was inaugurated by Chhattisgarh's Minister for Agriculture and Tribal Development, Shri Ramvichar Netam. The event was organised by the Raipur Regional Office of the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited. The ten-day festival runs until 2 November 2026 and has about 30 stalls representing nearly 80 tribal artisans and craftspeople from different parts of the country. The exhibition features Chhattisgarh's kosa silk and Dhokra craft, Odisha's Sambalpuri sarees and Saura paintings, Madhya Pradesh's Bagh prints and Gond paintings, and cane and bamboo crafts from the northeastern states. Smt. Sanjeeta Gupta, Managing Director of the Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce Cooperative Federation, was the special guest.