Birbhum, India
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Ballavpur (বল্লভপুর Bollobhpur) is a village near Santiniketan, in the Birbhum district of West Bengal.
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কোপাই Kōpāi
A picturesque river north and west of Santiniketan, which meets the Bakreshwar River in Labhpur. Several tourists gather at the riverside to take pictures and/or videos of the river. There are several resorts at the Kopai River as well.
A private community museum, which documents the history of the Santal tribe. Most of the collections were donated by the local residents, and others sourced from the Santal-majority areas of Bankura and northeastern Jharkhand.
প্রকৃতি ভবন Prokriti Bhobon
India's only nature art museum with an impressive indoor display of natural sculptures in driftwood, and dry wood and a sprawling open-air garden of natural rock sculptures. Set in the most picturesque part of Santiniketan it is an aesthetic manifestation of the legacy of Tagore's Santiniketan in linking people with nature through art, music and poetry.
10 AC double-bedded cottages
Run by West Bengal Tourism.
আমার কুটির Āmār Kuṭir
Many handicrafts like cloth, leather, batiks, hand-loomed fabrics and similar are available.
Ballavpur is on Suri–Bolpur Road, which begins at the Sriniketan More intersection near Santiniketan.
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