The Gonds, like all aboriginal people, are animistic, for whom nature, from where they derive all their sustenance, is everything, hence a power to pray to and also appease.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/nature-supreme-power
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/anuradha-paul
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/green-hope
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gond
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/traditional-knowledge
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sacred-groves
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/religious-beliefs
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity-conservation