Discover Baghmundi

When travelling to Baghmundi, cultural and landscape highlights in the surrounding area come into view. In Charidah, the focus is on masks used in Chhau martial dance; Khairabera brings together an irrigation dam, hills, forest and a large body of water. These are joined by Palash blossoms in spring and a Ram Mandir located 500 metres from Sita Kund.

Mask-making and Chhau in Charidah

Masks used in Chhau martial dance are made in the village of Charidah. Chhau is a martial dance, so the craft is directly connected to a specific form of dance. Around 250 artisans in Charidah are involved in this mask-making tradition. If you are interested in cultural topics, you can explore two related aspects here: the making of the masks in the village and their use in the dance. This makes Charidah a distinct cultural highlight in the area around Baghmundi.

Khairabera between hills and forest

Khairabera is an irrigation dam in the Baghmundi block, surrounded by hills and forest. Its large body of water lies at the foot of the Chemto and Barra Hills in the Ajodhya Hills. The focus here is on the landscape: the body of water and the dam can be considered alongside the named hills and the forest. For travel planning, this is clearly different from the Chhau theme in Charidah; it draws attention to the surroundings of Khairabera and their combination of water, forest and hills.

Palash blossoms in spring

Palash trees in the area around Khairabera bloom red in spring, approximately around Holi. This adds a seasonal aspect to the landscape: the hills, forest and body of water describe the surroundings, while the Palash blossoms point to a particular time of year. If you would like to include this natural feature in your plans, you can roughly time your trip for spring around Holi. Two aspects can be considered side by side when planning: the Palash blossoms point to spring around Holi, while Charidah is associated with mask-making and Chhau.

Ram Mandir and Sita Kund

A Ram Mandir is located 500 metres from Sita Kund. This distance refers specifically to these two named places and adds to the cultural highlights in the surrounding area. It differs in nature from Charidah: there, mask-making leads to Chhau martial dance, while the Ram Mandir is described by its distance from Sita Kund. This makes it possible to distinguish between the cultural aspects rather than combine them into a single itinerary item.

By way of comparison, Charidah and Khairabera cater to different interests: the first is cultural and can be understood through a craft and the use of its masks; the second is about the landscape, with a dam, a body of water and named hills.

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