Thirteen kilometres from Belpahari, on the road that climbs toward Kankrajhor, a left turn at Chirakuti leads to Dhangikusum (locally pronounced Dungri), a Munda village that is effectively a single-craft workshop. Almost every household carves laterite stone, the soft, iron-rich red rock quarried from the hill above the village, into bowls, thalis, mortars, lamps, idols and the distinctive little stone elephants that make for the circuit's best souvenir. The craft is old, laborious and utterly unlike the machine-finished tourist artefacts of larger towns. Prices are astonishingly low (a carved bowl from Rs 150, a decent elephant from Rs 300-600); buy directly from the artisans rather than from a shop, and if you want a specific size or motif, commission it, as most families will finish a piece within a day.
A kilometre beyond the village, Dungri Falls (also called Hudhudi or Hudhudhi Falls) tumbles over a series of stepped laterite ledges. It is smaller than Ghagra but more cinematic in structure, a proper multi-tiered waterfall. A viewpoint about 1km before the falls gives you the postcard angle.
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