The Durg district is a populous district of Chhattisgarh. It occupies the southwestern part of the Chhattisgarh plain and possesses belts of hilly country in the south, southwest and northwest, bestowed with mineral resources and forests.
Not much is known about the history of Durg, the steel plant hub. It is famous for the Bhilai steel plant, one of the first and one of the biggest steel plants of India. Adjacent to the state capital of Raipur, Durg is an important city for the state.
Culturally rich, the folk dances and folk music of this area has won many an accords in the international culture scenario. The Pandawani folk dance and songs have won a place in the Indian folk art panorama, due to Teejan Bai, the eminent singer and performer of the folk art, who has taken the art to international stage and has put Durg on the world map. Pandawani is the recital of stories from the epic of Mahabharat.
