Sakti

Sakti was the seat of a small Gond-ruled state in the eastern Chhattisgarh country. Its founding is attributed to two brothers, Hari and Gujar, whom tradition describes as soldiers of the raja of Sambalpur. Their descendants ruled from Sakti as a local dynasty. The surrounding country is watered by the Mahanadi and its tributaries, with forested land and agricultural settlements extending across the interior between Ratanpur and Sambalpur.