Longer reads on the district around us โ craft villages, forests, and the places worth a day trip from Bankura town.
Before it became a symbol on a shelf in Delhi or Kolkata, the Bankura Horse was โ and still is โ made by hand in this one village on the Dwarakeswar river.
Not every trip out of Bankura town has to end at a temple or a dam โ Joypur's sal forest is the district's answer for travellers who want trees instead.
Six distinct day trips, all reachable from a single base in Bankura town โ here's what each one actually offers.
Bankura isn't only terracotta and dams โ the district has a genuine green side, spread across three distinct forest areas.