Ranidah
Waterfall, Jashpur
(A blog by
Jitendra Nakka)
Introduction
If I say Jashpur as the Wonder of Chhattisgarh Tourism, let me justify, I am not over-admiring or boasting about some place. Jashpur is one of the most promising districts regarding tourism of Chhattisgarh. This time, I am talking about Ranidah Waterfall, which is one of the most beautiful tourist sites near District Head Quarter, Jashpurnagar.
Author @ Ranidah Waterfall
Author @ Ranidah Waterfall
Author with his staff, Mr. Surya Prakash Sao and Mr. Jagdeep Bhagat
Author @ Ranidah Waterfall
Where and How to
reach?
Ranidah is nearly 15 kms from District Head Quarter, Jashpur nagar and nearly 465 kms from State Head Quarter, Raipur. Raigarh and Ambikapur (Surguja) are the nearest railway stations here. Ranchi (Jharkhand) and Raipur are the nearest airports available for this place. This place is approachable throughout all the season of the year.
From
Jashpur, one has to go towards Kunkuri Road up to Balachhapar village. From
Balachhapar, we have to take a unmetalled road(kachacha road) and take a
12kms traverse up to Ranidah.
For
lodging and boarding, few good hotels and lodges are available near around
District Head Quarter, which offer exciting tourist packages inside District.
As the above site is quite near to Jashpur, it is advisable to stay at Jashpur
itself.
Author @ Ranidah Waterfall
Salient Features
Coming under Jashpur block of the District, Ranidah is actually a small valley, where the water from the adjacent brooks(nallahs) decends down upto 80-90 feet in a cascade manner to form a splendid waterfall popularly called as Ranidah Waterfall.
Mythological
Importance:
Ranidah
Waterfall is famous not only in tourism point of view, but also famous for mythology
and other legendry story attached to this site.
Once a Queen is believed to have lived here, who committed
suicide by Jumping in the valley from a considerable height of 80-90 feet. It is
also believed that the reservoir on the valley where she jumped and drowned
herself is so deep that one cannot measure its depth.
It is also believed that she had 5
brothers, who tried to stop her from committing suicide, but failed, later
turned into oval shaped rock blocks, now popularly renowned as Panch-bhaiya
Shiv temple.
Conclusion
The most exciting feature of this site is the long stream channel of the valley which is fully covered by massive boulders of rocks. Some are small, some are medium while few of them are massive and they together create an ideal trekking site. An adventurous tourist may tend to take traverse of the valley channel and also enjoy the steep banks on the either sides, which on some places, allows the tourist to climb-up through the banks. In some spots, while climbing up, you can visit some cave-shelters or grottos, which may give inference of the existence of any wild animal nearby. We, fortunately, spotted hairs of Wild-Beer around such grottos.
Trekking sites of stream banks of Valley
Trekking sites of stream banks of Valley
Author with his staff, Mr. Surya Prakash Sao and Mr. Jagdeep Bhagat
Author with his staff, Mr. Jagdeep Bhagat
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