I know what you guys must be thinking that this is a
place where I have said I will write about Kolkata. But this above mentioned
place is equally important to be written as my blog is for the people also,
people who love to travel and love to eat. From the hectic daily schedule
everyone needs a break but maximum times the respective bosses remain in denial
in order to sanction our leaves. For these reasons weekend trips to the nearby
places are trending now. And me being one of the above mentioned employee,tired
and exhausted in daily schedule decided to go to an offbeat place which is
nearby Kolkata. I have researched everywhere that's possible for me. Last year Purulia
remained a talking Tom in every travellers' descriptions. So I had decided to
go to Garhpanchkot and stay there for two days. Along with my family
three other families of my friends were also in the group. One of my friend
suggested the name Baranti , So after finalising the place we were
looking for the decent hotel as in resort.
And from
again some pages of Facebook We got to know about Mahulban Hill
Resort.
So when we heard about
this resort immediately I contacted with the manager Rajiv Pandey, who very
patiently listened to all my queries and suggested two rooms that would be in
downstairs and two rooms would be in upstairs. As all the conversations
happened through WhatsApp ,he sent the photos of the resorts, the pictures of
the room and travel itinerary also. Along with that I also informed him we
would avail the package system of food which costs 400 for each persons
including Breakfast, lunch, tea and snacks, Dinner. And the rooms that we opted
for two rooms downstairs which basically looked like small cottages cost 1300 bucks
for each, which can accommodate 3 persons easily and the rooms upstairs
cost 1500 bucks for each. As he informed we would have to pay the certain amount
as an advance we paid around 5600 bucks through NEFT, and he confirmed the
bookings. Since the maximum members of our group are aged by age we had decided
to go by road. But you can go by train easily.
If you
want to go by road then take the Durgapur Asansol Expressway Road,and
you will be able to reach the place easily . But before going there by road
homework is strictly needed..
On 14th of December
our journey started , though the start was not good as the driver that the car
service provided us knew nothing beyond Dankuni toll..After that Google map was
our only hope. Beware of That . But all the exhaustion vanished the time
we reached our location. The view seemed amazing, as we were already late , the
staffs were all ready with the lunch, We had Rice, Dal, Begun bhaja, Alu Posto,
fish , chatni and papad in lunch.
As all were
tired that day me and my friends went to visit the place which is in walking distance as the
Ramchandrapur Dam ,But after
6o'clock in the evening it's better to get back to the resorts since it's an
offbeat place. The entire evening we spent by giving addas over tea, Muri and Alur
Chop. At 9:30 we were called for the dinner. The dinner was also awesome. You
can tell them your preferences , on basis of that they will serve. And on
the very first day we were overwhelmed by their hospitality. The way they were
looking after us that homely feelings were there. That one of things to be
remembered about Mahulban Hill Resort.
Next Day as we had already planned for Garpanchkot,
Panchet Dam and Joychandi Pahar.As per the plan we went out in the next morning
at around 10o'clock from our Resort, as we had the car with us, we took that car
only, You can easily get Toto or Cars to visit the nearby places. Our first
destination was Garhpanchkot which is basically the ruin fort located in
the Eastern part of India. And it remains the testimony of Bargi attack of 18th
century. Along with the history this place is also known for a temple and the
structure of the temple is again a proof of the place that this is PURULIA .
The Ruined fort of Garhpanchkot.
After this place we went to visit Panchet Dam, basically
a dam, who loves to visit the places close to River they can enjoy the view but
there's nothing much to see. Through this bridge only you can go to Maithon where
we went on the next day as it's the easiest way to reach Maithon.After this we went
to Joychandi Pahar which has proclaimed of having 280 steps. And on top of the
hill there's one temple. Stepping on those stairs though seemed easy but it
took my breath away for sometimes. You need to carry a water bottle with you. After
reaching the top place the view would steal away the tiredness of yours....
There's one temple
where you can give your offerings to
Chandi Mata.
At around 4
o clock we returned to the resort and like yesterday they were waiting for us for the lunch.We had our
lunch , it was tasty and homely. At around 8o' clock in the evening we had
successfully arranged a bonfire along with Chicken Barbeque. As I am a lover of
barbeque it was one of the best moments of the whole journey. Soft, Subtle
music had been playing in the background, and we were enjoying the bonfire. For
this we had to pay 750rs in total , we just paid the amount and all the
arrangements were done by them only.
Next day was the day which nobody wanted. We had to
come back to the normal life. We bade goodbye to the manager and the stuffs and
expressed the fact that we were overwhelmed with the hospitality and promised
them to come back to Baranti again. After leaving the resort I got a message in
my WhatsApp from Rajib Pandey Ki 'Thank You, Visit Us Again'..That brought a
smile on my face unknowingly. I replied back 'Thanks for the hospitality, will
definitely come back'.
Before going back to normal life we had decided to
visit Maithon which is itself a renowned place for the tourists. We had taken
the bridge over panchet dam and reached Maithon within 45 minutes. The View of
the river Damodar is next to explainable, there you can avail boat ride by
paying mininum 300 Rs. Then we got to know within 10 minutes of distance there's
Kalyaneswari Temple.
Though I heard about this temple beforehand. I didnt heard
positive things about the place which I am not going to share the detail as it's
unnecessary but I informed them and unfortunately they experienced the same. But
again with this mixture of positive and negative feelings we started our journey
towards Kolkata.
In this whole journey I have taken many pictures.Some
of them I am posting with this. Hopefully you will appreciate.
And We have come with loads of love and jaggeries.
If you
want to visit Baranti you may contact on the given number.
Rajib
Pandey : 9830312333
Nice one👍👍so informative
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