Dantewada

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Dantewada, also known as Dantewara, is a town in Chhattisgarh state of central India. It is the administrative headquarters of Dantewada District. It is named for Ma Danteshwari, a local goddess, worshipped as an incarnation of Shakti. Dantewada is held to be one of the fifty-two sacred Shakti Peethas.

Over the last year, more than 350 people have been killed and 50,000 moved into camps in the Dantewada district, as a result of a battle between Moaist rebels and an Indian government-funded militia called Salwa Judum.

Formed in 2005, Salwa Judum translates as "peace mission" but hundreds of thousands of tribal villagers are caught in the crossfire between Salwa Judum and the Maoists.

Moaists claim the stae-backed Salwa Judum is trying to take the land from tribal villagers and hand it over to big corporations to develop.


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