• Heritage

Bankura district, falling under eastern Chhota Nagpur Plateau, looks like handpicked by Mother Nature and is blessed with old brown hills, murmuring rivers, ancient temples - all bearing the testimony to a rich cultural heritage.

This is a part of the ancient Rarh region ( the word rarh is thought to mean Land of Red Soil or land of laterite. Bankura has an international fame for the “Bankura Horse”- a terracotta crafted horse, and for Dashabatar Tash (the historic paintings). You will find master weavers working in the garment industry which is famous for Baluchari, silk and handloom Sarees. Chilly January welcomes ‘Mukutmanipur Loksanskriti Mela’ with great joy.