Anjan Kund (Anjani Parvat)
Anjani hill is held locally as Hanuman's birthplace. A short trek up to the forest kund and cave, and one of the anchor points of Dang's Ramayana geography.
- Best months
- Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb
- Time needed
- ~2 hr
- Entry
- Free
- Hours
- Open area
- Effort
- Moderate
A spring-fed kund and cave shrine sit on Anjani Parvat, held in local tradition to be where Anjani gave birth to Hanuman. Anjan Kund extends Dang's Ramayana map beyond the Shabari sites. The claim is contested by other regions of India, as Hanuman birthplaces famously are, but Dang's version comes with an atmospheric setting: forest slopes, a rock pool that holds water into the dry months, a seasonal waterfall off the cave scarp, and a cave where pilgrims leave sindoor and coconuts.
Reaching it is a small adventure, a rough approach road and then a forest footpath climb of twenty to forty minutes depending on the route taken. Hanuman Jayanti and Shravan Saturdays bring local pilgrim traffic; most other days you will have the hillside to yourself apart from herders.
Combine it with the Shabari Dham circuit for a half-day of Dang's sacred geography. Facilities are effectively nil: water, footwear and daylight margins are your responsibility.
Highlights
- ◆Dang's claimed Hanuman birthplace, kund and cave shrine
- ◆Forest footpath trek of 20–40 minutes
- ◆Near-solitude outside festival days
History & lore
Local tradition holds Anjani Parvat as the site where Anjani bore Hanuman; the kund is her bathing pool in the telling. Other regions, from Anjaneri near Nashik to sites in Karnataka, hold rival claims. Dang's version belongs to the same living Ramayana geography as Shabari Dham and Pampa Sarovar.
Traveller tips
- →Fold into the Shabari Dham–Pampa Sarovar circuit for a sacred-geography half day
- →Ask directions in Ahwa rather than trusting maps blindly: the trailhead is unsigned
Safety
- ⚠Do not attempt the wet-rock sections around the kund in monsoon
- ⚠Carry water and keep daylight margin for the descent
Where it is
Exact pin, verified coordinates · 20.7118, 73.8164
Directions to Anjan ↗Getting there
Road · Via the Don village road from Ahwa (~33 km to Don); the caves and kund are on Don's own plateau, ask in the village for the path
Rail · No practical railhead
Air · Surat (~150 km)
Last stretch · 20–40 min forest footpath climb from the road end
Questions people ask
Is this the actual birthplace of Hanuman?
It is Dang's traditional claim; Anjaneri near Nashik and several other sites hold rival ones. Visit it as living local devotion in a beautiful setting rather than settled fact.
Practical detail
- The road
- Rough village tar and dirt for the final approach
- Parking
- Road-end clearing
- Season
- Post-monsoon through winter for footing and views; the path is slick in active rain.
- Visiting
- Open site; on Hanuman Jayanti expect a village-fair atmosphere.
- Photography
- The kund pool and cave mouth shoot best mid-morning when light reaches the slope.
- Food
- None. Carry everything; nearest food at Ahwa
- Toilets
- none
- Guides
- A local from the base village is worth the small fee, paths braid
Where to sleep
Ahwa & Waghai Basic Hotels (various)
Function over charm. These towns are the practical overnights for waterfall-circuit and Ramayana-trail days that outgrow a Saputara base.
Simple lodges and guesthouses in both towns; walk-in or phone booking. Ahwa's matter for interior-circuit overnights, Waghai's for early ghat starts. Named alternatives now have their own records: see Pravasi Gruh in Ahwa and the government circuit house below.
Devinamal Eco Campsite, Ahwa
The Forest Department's own bed nearest to Ahwa, 7 km out on the Saputara road and 3 km off it, ringed by forest above the Khapri. Cheapest roofed night in interior Dang, and the closest thing to a base for the Ahwa-side waterfalls.
Forest Department portal lists cottage rooms from ₹800 and wooden rooms from ₹2000 a night; run by the local Eco Tourism Committee, so meals are arranged rather than ordered.
Don Village Homestays (informal)
The only way to catch Don's dawn without the pre-sunrise interior drive. Expect village hospitality, not hotel service: carry cash, water and flexibility.
Informal village arrangements, a few families host visitors and cook meals; nothing is listed online. Ask at the village or via Ahwa contacts, and confirm before building a plan around an overnight
Maa Shabari Farm House & Resort, Subir
The practical bed on the Subir side, which otherwise has none, it puts the Ramayana-trail sites and the Purna sanctuary gate within a short morning drive instead of an hour from Ahwa.
Phone booking; food and accommodation both. Numbers come from a traveller writeup rather than an official listing, so confirm before building a plan around it.
Data confidence: Researched · facts last verified 2026-08-10 · 3 field(s) awaiting verification
- OpenStreetMap, 'Anjani Caves & Waterfall' (node 11425667070; pinned in the same local mapping session as the verified Gira and Girmal nodes), OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)