Bamni Falls

Bamni Falls, at about 434 m in the Ajodhya hills, is the range's best-known waterfall, called its most attractive by a 2026 Bartaman travel piece. The Bamni stream drops in stages over boulders and dark rock in dense forest, and reaching it means a steep descent on narrow, rough steps from the road. It is fullest in and just after the monsoon, which is also when it is most dangerous.

The falls come in two main sections. The path from the road reaches the upper part first; there is no proper path between the upper and lower falls, so getting to the bottom means working your way down the hillside, which takes time. From the foot, the view up to the cascade and out over the broad water below repays the effort.

The approach is a forest walk: from the car park you can glimpse white water through the trees before starting down. Steps cover part of the way, but they are narrow and uneven, and published counts vary so widely that none can be relied on. Below the falls the stream runs on towards the lower reservoir of the Purulia Pumped Storage Project, part of which can be seen from the bottom.