Trip to Mataburu - Purulia

Trip to Mataburu - Purulia

PURULIA-BARABHUM-MATABURU-CHORIDA-PAKHIPAHAR

Mataburu On Mataburu Mahua flower Mask industry of Chorida village

Horn bill Green Bee Eater Pakhi Pahar On 25th Jan 2009 we 3 (Biswarup, Amolendu, Indra) make a trip to Purulia. At 24th Jan we catch Chakradhar Pur Fast Passenger from Howrah at 2305 hour. It was huge delayed to reach Barabhum. From there we catch a trekker van & reached Mataburu forest office at almost 1030 hour. We preplanned to stay at Jagabandhu's hut. So, we drop our backpacks there & after having some food we went for a hike to Mataburu hill top.

Its a nice view from the hill top. Anyone can easily reach there. A temple is there on the hill top of Mataburu. After the hike, we came back to our shelter for fresh up & lunch. In the evening we gone for Chorida village. Its famous for making the masks of Chhou dance. After a long walk, we return to our shelter at 2000 hour.

Next mornig we move to the Pakhi Pahar. A flock of birds are painted on the Pakhi Pahar. We desided to hike around the hill & return to our shelter after crossing 2 hills whish was at the side of Pakhi pahar. By asking some local people for the rout we start our hike. Some told to not to go through the way, coz there is no any rout. But we go on. After crossing 2 hills we saw another one in front, & we were so thirsty that we deside to return from the same way that we came through. And so we came down to Pakhi pahar again. But it was a huge fun & a pinch of adventure was there.

However, on the way we saw a peacock. There you can see a plenty of beautiful birds. In a nutshel, its a good place to spend 2-3 holidays over there. We stayed at Jagabondhu's hut & it bills only 350/- for 3 of us including shelter, tea, breakfast, lunch, dinner everything. His bro Manasanta is a 18 year old boy & a great cook.

At 1630 hour we say goodbye to Mataburu & take a bus to Barabhum. From there we catch the train &at 27th Jan at around 0600 hour we reached to Kolkata.