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Darjeeling

Darjeeling the dream land of the East, it has been a popular hill station since the British period.Part Victorian holiday resort, part major tea-growing centre, DARJEELING (from Dorje Ling, "the place of the thunderbolt") straddles a ridge 2200m up in the Himalayas and almost 600km north of Calcutta.Darjeeling - the name is derived from the Tibetian word 'Dorje' which means the precious stone or ecclesiastical sceptre, which is emblematic of the thunderbolt of Indra, and 'ling' - a place, hence the land of the thunderbolt. The sceptre of Indra is believed to have fallen at a place where now stands the Observatory Hill. The town remains as popular as ever with holiday-makers from tha plains, and promenades such as the Mall and the Chowrasta still burst with life. in North Bengal, is about 650 kms from Calcutta. The Tibetan buddhist monastery, the Ghoom Monastery with a 15 - foot high statue of Maitreya Buddha, is the most famous monastery of the town

Darjeeling Location

Darjeeling is nestied in a setting of Kanchenjunga and Mount Everest.

Tourist Attraction

1.Bhutia Busty Gompa.
2.Ghoom Monasteries.
3.Kanchenjunga Hill.
4.Observatory Hill.
5.Tiger Hill.
6.Tibetan Refugee Centre.

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