Rajat Prapat Falls (Silver Falls or Big Falls)

Rajat Prapat Falls is in the Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. This fall is also known by different names like Silver Falls or Big Falls.

Pachmarhi valley near Rajat Prapat Falls
Pachmarhi valley near Rajat Prapat Falls

For those interested in statistics, this fall is the 30th-highest fall in India. This fall is a horsetail type of fall (single drop fall), with a height of approximately 120 meters from a long cliff across a steep gorge. Rajat Prapat Falls is at an altitude of around 2800 feet above sea level.

Big Falls is also known as “Big Falls” due to its sheer height. This fall is also known as “Silver Falls“, as the color of the fall looks like silver when sunlight falls on it (In Hindi, Rajat means Silver, and Prapat means falls).

You can trek to the base of the Silver Fall. Those who are adventurous can trek to the top of the Rajat Prapat Falls, from Apsara Vihar, which is close to Apsara Falls, another nearby waterfall. Once you reach the top of the falls, you can take a bath there! You feel like you are standing on top of the world, with a spectacular view of the falls and the serene forests below.

How Do I Go to Rajat Prapat Falls, alias Silver Falls or Big Falls?

Silver Falls or Big Falls is accessible from Pachmarhi hill station, which is part of ‘Satpura Mountain Ranges’, which is part of the National Park at Satpura. Pachmarhi is known as the “Queen of Satpura”. Pachmarhi is mainly a Cantonment area serving the Indian Army.

Pipariya (known as Pips locally) on the Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai mainline, with station code ‘PPI’, is the nearest railway station to Pachmarhi hill station at around 50 kilometers distance. Bhopal is the nearest airport to Pachmarhi, around 200 kilometers away. The world-renowned UNESCO Heritage site Khujuro temples are around 425 kilometers from Pachmarhi.