Ajodhya Hills

If you are a lover of natural beauty, especially forest, then you must have a trip to Ajodhya Hills, which is a favorite destination for the tourists of Kolkata. Ajodhya Hills offers good trekking tracts for the visitors, who like adventure. Ajodhya Hills is a beautiful place surrounded by the dense forest and gurgling waterfalls. Serene green hills, Pine, shimul, saal, shirish and segun trees, which changes colour with the seasons, are beautify the landscape of the area. The 600-m. high Ajodhya Hills is a part of the Dolma Hill Range, which is situated on the Bihar-Puruliya border. There are many small and big peaks in these Hills and amongst them, the highest peak is Gorga-buru, 855 m. in height. The 34,517-acre mountain forests is the house of various wild animals like elephants, deer, wild boars, wolves and cheetahs and wildlife viewing is one of the major attractions of the visitors, while visit at Ajodhya Hills. The Mayuri Hill peak presents a charming view of the surrounding hills and forests of Ajodhya Hills.

It is said that, during their banishment, Ram Chandra along with his brother and wife Sita visited the Ajodhya Hills and in this place, thirsty Sita drank water, when Ram created a fountain by piercing the ground with his arrow. On Disum Sendra, or the Hunting Festival, tribals from in and around Ajodhya Hills come to this place and drink water from the Sita Kund, the legendary fountain and after that, they go out on their hunting expeditions.

Near Ajodhya Hills, there is Turga Dam and the Lake, and the pleasant waterfall formed by the River Bamni. The site of the Turga Dam site is a perfect tourist spot, where the visitors can spend their day.

How to get at Ajodhya Hills

Ajodhya Hills can be easily reached from Puruliya town. Trains and buses are accessible from Kolkata to Puruliya from Howrah Station and Shahid Minar bus terminus, respectively. Get the train from Howrah to Barabhum, from Barabhum take the bus to Baghmundi and cover the 1 km from here to Ajodhya Hills on foot. From Puruliya buses are accessible to Sirkabad, which is only 26 km. away from Purulia. From Sirkabad, Ajodhya Hills is just a 12-km. trek. From Purulia town the visitors can hire cars for make their journey comfortable. There are many buses, which take the visitors directly to Ajodhya Hills, but these bus services are not very frequent.

A comfortable route, which the visitors can to reach at Ajodhya Hills, is the Balarampur-Baghmundi trekking route and it is accessible from Puruliya town.