Where two rivers meet the hills

Mukutmanipur

Blue water, green hills and red-earth roads. The Kangsabati and Kumari rivers meet here behind one of India’s largest earthen dams.

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Known forKangsabati Dam

RiversKangsabati & Kumari

Do thisBoating & sunset

Overview

The crown of Bankura, drawn in water.

About 55 km from Bankura town, Mukutmanipur sits where the Kangsabati and Kumari rivers join. The Kangsabati Dam holds them back into a wide blue lake, ringed by low hills and sal forest, with small islands scattered across the water.

Walk or cycle along the dam road, take a boat to the deer park island, climb Pareshnath hill for the view, and stay for a sunset that turns the whole lake orange.

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2ndlargest earthen dam in India

11 kmlong dam embankment road

2 riversKangsabati and Kumari meet here

Main attractions

Places on and around the lake.

Dam 01

Kangsabati Dam

Walk, cycle or drive the long embankment with water on one side and fields on the other.

Sunset Point

The best seat on the dam for the evening colours over the lake.

Bonpukuria Deer Park

Cross by boat to see spotted deer among the trees.

Pareshnath Hill

A short climb to an old temple and a wide view of the water.

River Confluence

Where the Kangsabati and Kumari join to form the lake.

Worth the short drive.

AmbikanagarTemple villageOld Ambika temple and Jain relics on the Kangsabati.

Sutan ForestSal forest & lakeQuiet forest camp with a small lake and watchtower.

JhilimiliForest & hillsTwelve miles of sal forest, viewpoints and a watchtower.

The lake is at its fullest just after the monsoon, from September to November.

On the water

Boats, islands and a sky full of colour.

Hire a country boat or a motorboat from the ghat below the dam and cross to the islands. Come back in time for sunset, when the hills turn blue and the water turns gold.

Country boatTo the islands

Sunset on the damBest at 5–6 pm

Cycling the damEarly morning

BirdwatchingWinter migrants

Forest escape · short drive away

Jhilimili & Sutan, deep in the sal.

Pair your lake stay with a day in the forest. Jhilimili’s red-earth roads wind through sal and mahua to viewpoints over the Kangsabati valley, and Sutan hides a quiet forest lake with a watchtower.