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Banalata -- The Jungle Safari

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"I see my path,but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it." - lines of Rosalia de Castro, the famous Spanish writer, were proved true when I went for a day trip to Banalata Resorts, located near the Joypur forest range of Bankura district. Our journey date was 26th of January 2017. We started our journey from Durgapur with our five-member team. Starting sharp at 9 in the morning came out advantageous for us. It is approx 90 kms from Durgapur and our estimated time was 2 hours. We took SH-9 after crossing the Durgapur Barrage and covered Beliator, Barjora, Bankura and Joypur. We stopped once at Durgapur Barrage for some photo shoots. Most of our driving experience was good but some parts of Bankura-Joypur road was pathetic as maintenance work was going on in most of this patch. So we could not manage our travel time within 2 hours. It was 11.45 when we reached our destination. Jungle lovers would enjoy the ...
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Itachuna Rajbari -- A destination of history and thrill

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Itachuna Rajbari is a perfect place to spend a leisurely weekend. It is located at Khanyan, Hoogly district. It is around 80 kms from Kolkata. This is not a Rajbari (King's palace) so to say. This was the palace of the Maratha Bargi (Tax Collector). They came to Bengal and fell in love with this place and started living here. They adopted the title " Kundu " and converted themselves to Vaishnab religion. It was spring time and the weather was pleasant. We started our journey at 8 am in a car. We took the Durgapur Expressway and had some breakfast at Hindusthan Hotel. We took a right turn from there and drove towards Rajbari . The whole journey was covered within 3 hours and reached there before noon. The road condition is mostly excellent and the journey was smooth. After some initial paper works at front office, we were taken to the Baithakkhana (drawing room). The double barrel guns, giant sized hatpankhas (hand fans), fishing rods, swords, Indian musical instrum...
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