EKALAVYA was a Nishada man of the forest who wanted to study with Drona. Drona rejected him, so Ekalavya trained, honoring a statue of Drona as his guru. When he came to pay the guru-dakshina, Drona saw Ekalavya's great skill as a threat to Arjuna, so he demanded Ekalavya's thumb as payment.
Wikipedia: Ekalavya
Mahabharata: You can read Ekalavya's story in the Sambhava Parva of the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata.
Devdutt.com: On Insecure Arjuna
Bizzell: Offering: The Story Of Ekalavya And Dronacharya
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