The Butterfly Conservatory at Ramshai, Gorumara, A Lifetime Experience

By Nileshwar Sanyal

“Butterfly butterfly, your wings are so bright, in the nice sunlight”. If you are a nature lover and also want to know the origins of the butterfly, if you are keen in butterfly photography, then you have to step into Ramshai, located at the Gorumara National Park near Mainaguri. Here you will be getting the opportunity to view various types of butterflies and also get to fly the butterflies in the air. This can be your Christmas and New Year Destination this year. This is Ramshai Butterfly Conservatory. The Department of Forest invites you to this conservatory. The conservatory was established in the year 2013 with an area of 2 Bighas at Gorumara Forest by the Department of Forest. A butterfly laboratory was also made. You will get the birth details of at least 75 different species of Butterflies found in Gorumara Forest. The entry to the butterfly conservatory is free however you need to pay for photographic purposes. However, you won’t mind for that. After all, you are going to frame such a beautiful experience forever.

Translated By: R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri)