Mainpat tourist places; It is a hill station town and popular tourist attraction in Indian state Chhattisgarh. It is a small village in the Surguja district in the northern part of the state of Chhattisgarh.
It is very famous as ‘Shimla of Chattisgarh’ among tourist. Framed by the natural beauty and green forest range,
it’s famous for the Tiger, Fish point, Gahghi waterfall, Daldali point and many more. The place is surrounded by forest and greenery.
It also famous for bird watching, tracking, camping and lots of beautiful spots with breathtaking scenic beauty.
Mainpat is known for the Tibetan refugee camps that have come up in the area. First established in 1962 by the Government of India in order to rehabilitate more than a thousand Tibetan refugees who fled from Tibet during the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959.
The land was made available by the State government of Madhya Pradesh and the Indian Government financed the scheme.
In case of Mainpat, all the necessary arrangements such as temporary huts and ration supplies etc could not be made prior to the arrival of the settlers and as a result the settlers had to face a lot of initial hardships.
The place was in fact a jungle where only a few of the local Indians were living during that time.
But the landscape was beautiful besides being a very isolated place. During that time Tibetans had to go through a hard time building their huts which gradually developed to better houses where they live now.
The condition of the roads were in bad shape (still the road conditions are not par excellent as compared to the most of other settlements).
Like all other Tibetans during that time, people at Mainpat also had a hard time getting comfortable with the climate of the area.
For them, the summers were almost un-acceptable but then as the time passed, everything started getting better.
Not too long after 1965, settlement’s only school for Tibetans (Central School for Tibetans) had started with the help of CTS and DoE(Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala) with Creches at some of the camps.
The first Monastery (Gelug) of the Settlement was built by Dhakpo Rinpoche at Camp
1. After that a second monastery (Kagyue) came up by the grace of Khentse Ripoche at Camp
2. Following that, after a real long time, came the third monastery (Nyingma), which is now the biggest of them (compared to the structure of the monastery building), at camp
3 in 1995 by His Eminence Penor Rinpoche. There are few other small monasteries in the Settlement such as Nyingma-Choetsok and a monastery at camp
6. Recently in the year 2000, another monastery (Kagyue) had started its construction at camp 3.
Since from the very beginning the main livelihood for the settlement’s people had been agriculture and even today agriculture has remained to be the major contributor for the people of the settlement.
Like the Tibetans from all other settlements, Mainpat’s people started their hand in winter sweater selling very early.
11 famous Mainpat tourist places
Tiger point Mainpat tourist places
Tiger point is known for tiger sounds when waterfalls hits the ground .It is one of the beautiful spot to visit throughout the year.
Sitting in the laps of Mother nature, cool breeze touching your skin, surrounded by thick green forest and the Mesmerizing falls add to the beauty of this place.
This place is also home to Tibetan refugees. The best time to visit this waterfall is during the monsoon season.
The monsoon consider as the best time to reach this place. The flow of water of the waterfall is at its peack at this time and one can enjoy the view of waterfall.
Temperature near this fall remain always cool even during high summer. It is one of the main attraction of Mainpat.
It’s a water fall surrounded by lush green forest with awesome view the peoples come here to see the beautiful waterfall and for picnic with family and friends.
Fish point waterfall Mainpat tourist places
Fishpoint is a very beautiful attraction of Mainpat. This is the second most beautiful place after Tigerpoint.
This place is very famous among tourist as they can enjoye here with two waterfalls.
The height of the waterfall is around 50 feet and the view is looks awesome once touch the ground.
Mehta Point Mainpat tourist places
It is popular as sunset and sun rise point in Mainpat.
It offers you an amazine and beautiful view with adventure sports activity. Mainpat is a beautiful place to spend a day in cool breeze and enjoying the day watching nature’s beauty.
One can find Adventure sports company nearby to experience sports like paragliding, motor biking etc.
Thinthini patthar Mainpat tourist places
The Thinthini stone is a cylindrical rock stone measuring about 200 quintals and is located in Surguja district. This place is located about 15 km from Ambikapur near Darima Airport.
This musical rock is located in a small village near Darima Airport. The peculiarity of this rock is that when it hits the stone, it produces a metallic sound similar to that of utensils. Local people say that Indira Gandhi and even Mahatma Gandhi had come here to see.
It is a group of rocks, the villagers also consider this structure as belonging to the era of Lord Rama and the locals consider it sacred and worship the stone. Remember to take off your shoes before going near this stone.
To visit this place, a short tour of the Mainpat and Ambikapur highway would be required. It may be attractive to the common people but it is a simple rock with different mineral composition.
Here you can play music with stones for this near Ambikapur! While visiting Manpat, one should stop here for some time. Here is Shimla of Chhattisgarh, it is a unique rock that collides with stones at different places to produce a musical sound.
There is a small temple nearby. Which plays like an instrument like tin tin tin. It is a wonderful experience here, it is a very rare feeling, everyone should feel it.
Ghaghi waterfall Mainpat tourist places
Ghaghi is a kind of waterfall which is nearby from darima at ambikapur mainpat road. It’s a beautiful undiscovered tourist attraction but people have to work hard to get here, because its access path is very bad.
Due to water the road is cut down. But this is a very beautiful picnic spot. It is best place to enjoy picnic with friends and family. Ghaghi is small waterfall on river ghahi which further join Ghunghutta dam.
Forest and green trees all around adds freshness to air. Place is near to ambikapur town in mainpat road via Darima. Though the road for last 1 km is not good otherwise place will definitely mesmerize your mood and make happy.
One who love off-road driving will definitely like it and it is highly recommended to big vehicles like Scorpio etc. It is best time to visit this place in winter. A must visit place near Ambikapur. One can see the waterfall, rocks and a dam.
Ulta Pani Mainpat tourist places
It is not a commercial tourist place but is frequented by localities. People experiment with their vehicles when they come here. The hill is really magnetic and has a good pull.
The water does flows upwards. The uniqueness of this place is some special effect of magnetic field causing water to flow upwards covering the distance of about 60 meters and the elevation is about 3 feet.
The 185 meter patch of area has Magnetic Fields which forces the stream of water to flow uphill.
There is another wonder there just parallel to the water stream. An unprepared uphill road covering the distance of about 50 meter. The elevation is not much but definite and It could be 1 feet.
Even Vehicles are pulled back (car engine stopped in neutral) at 15 – 20 km/hr speed. Must place to Visit for All to see the Wonder of Mother Nature.
How to reach Mainpat
Mainpat By Air
Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi(IXR) is the nearest airport, located around 298 km with good connectivity with other major airport. Busses are available to reach Mainpat.
Mainpat By Train
Ambikapur railway station (ABKP) 56 km away, it is well connected with other major railhead. Cabs, taxis and public transport can be used to reach the Hotel and Sight-Seeing.
Mainpat By Bus
Mainpat is well-connected to many cities across India such as Jharkhand, Orisa and many places in Chattisgarh. One can choose Chattisgarh State Road Transport Corporation or Private Agencies for book online or offline both.
Mainpat by Self Drive
Car is the best option as you can explore more and as their own choice. Raipur, Ranchi, Raigarh, Bilaspur, Ambikapur and nearby place of Mainpat are the best places to roam Mainpat.
Where to stay in Mainpat
Mainpat Hill’s or Kamleshwarpur which is popular for Buddhist temple, located centrally. You can easily get good hotels and it cost under 1000-2000/- Per Night depends on Pick and off seasons. This places itinerary is based on Mainpat Hill’s.
Best Time To Visit
The Winter and Summer season is the peak season, October to June are best months to visit Mainpat tourist places.
Mainpat travel guide & How To Explore Mainpat
Book your hotel near Mainpat Hill’s or Kamleshwarpur. Because Mainpat tourist places are near to this place and from their one can book taxi also for local sightseeing.
- Day 1: can cover with local transport as you have to cover only 11-12 KM.
- Day 2: One can book full day Taxi, as you have to cover Fish point, Jalpari point, Mehta point and around 30-50km and return.
- Day 3: Book full day Taxi or Cab as you have to cover Buddhist Temple, Ultapani, Ghaghi fall, Thinthini patthar and return.
Mainpat Itinerary
Mainpat tourist places day 1
- Tiger point
Mainpat tourist places day 2
- Buddhist temple
- Daldali point/Jaljali/
- Jalpari point
- Fish point
- Mehta Point
Mainpat tourist places day 3
- Buddhist temple
- Ulta Pani
- Ghaghi waterfall
- Thinthini patthar
Things to Do in Mainpat
- Bird watch
- Jungle trekking
Mainpat tourist places travel cost for 1 Couple for 1 Night & 2 Days.
* Food-3 Days : 1500/-
* Travel by Car- 2 Days : 4500/-
* Hotel-2 Nights : 2500/-
* Other Activity : 1000/-
Total cost around 4,000-11000/-Rs for 1 Couple for 2 Night & 3 Days. You Can Negotiate and plan your own trip as per Distance, Enjoyment, Food, Transport and stay.
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