Mama Vagne Pahar

Mama Bhagne Paharh is a rock formation near Dubrajpur town of district Birbhum. It is a pair of almost spherical natural boulders of granite rock, one balancing on the top of other. The balancing of the rocks are so surprising that it is a famous landmark in West Bengal, where it is known as Mama Bhagne (the uncle and the nephew).

The site has a number of boulders splintered across the place. It is the extreme eastern part of the Chota Nagpur plateau where the granite is gray and composed of glassy quartz pink, gray feldspar and black mica at the base of the rocks is a temple of Shiva entitled Pahareswar.

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