GarPanchkot: A Secluded Weekend Destination
I always have a passion of choosing the path which is less traversed and this grew an urge of hitting the offbeat destinations across the boundary of this country. The best trips are always the unplanned weekend trip which makes you more alive in your busy schedule. Spending a couple of night in nature’s lap far away from the hue and cry of the city will be the best option to freshen up after a long topsy-turvy week . This time I will take you to another hidden gem of this country; a less revealed; a less touched weekend gateway from Kolkata- It’s Garpanchkot. Garpanchkot , a forest cum hill stati o n, is named after a ruined fort Panchkot in the Eastern part of the country, at the foothills of Panchet Hill in Purulia District of West Bengal. The remains of the Panchkot Palace had been a silent witness of the past att acks by Maratha Rulers, often referred to as Bargi in Bengal. The silence of the dense forest enriched with the view of cliffs all around, adds a sp