💎 Hidden Gem📍 Hill📍 Nature🛕 Religious💎 Hidden Gem

Biharinath Hill

Bankura, West Bengal, India

4.2 (0)

Overview

Bankura's highest hill (1,469 ft), a forested cone with an old Shiva temple at its foot — the 'Kashi of the west' for locals.

Why visit: Quiet forest trails, a hill-foot lake and Shravan pilgrim colour.

Things to do

›Biharinath temple
›Forest trail circuit
›Lakeside picnic

TrekkingDarshanPicnic

Location & MapDirections

Reviews (0)

No reviews yet. Be the first to review!

Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹300–800

Duration

Half day

Nearby attractions

Within

11.9 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏞️ Lake

4.3

Baranti

Purulia, West Bengal

A tribal hamlet between the Muradi lake and Baranti hill, where palash-framed sunsets over water made it a weekend legend.

Nov–MarOvernightExplore

20.5 km

📍 Hill

4.3

Susunia Hill

Bankura, West Bengal

A 1,442-ft inselberg with Bengal's oldest rock inscription (4th c.), a sacred spring, fossil finds and rock-climbing crags.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

22.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Fort

4.3

Garh Panchkot

Purulia, West Bengal

The haunted-beautiful ruins of the Panchkot Rajas at the foot of Panchet hill — terracotta temple shells amid forest, wrapped in Bargi-raid lore.

Oct–MarHalf day–overnightExplore

24.1 km

📍 Dam

4.2

Panchet Dam

Dhanbad, Jharkhand

A 1959 DVC dam on the Damodar beneath the Panchkot hill, whose slopes hide the ruins of the Panchkot Raj palace.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore