Darjeeling
Rangeet Valley Passenger Ropeway
The Darjeeling Ropeway unites Darjeeling with Bijanbari
down in the modest Rangeet Valley. A mono-cable sort, with one rope acting
both as tractor and carrier, the Ropeway travels at a speed of 6.5 km
an hour. At North Point about 3 km from the town. This exciting ride is
on the first bi-cable passenger-carrying ropeway and the major of its
kind in Asia. The ropeway was initially built at a cost of 29 lakhs of
rupees essentially to serve up many tea gardens in the zone.
Ghoom
Rock
About 15 km from Darjeeling, on the Ghoom-Sukhia pokhri road, at an altitude
of 7,900 ft, stands the 100-foot high huge detached rock, contribution
a grand vision of the mountains and the Balsan Valley. It is a well-liked
spot with the tourists
Victoria
Falls
At
a short distance away from the Railway Station, downward to the south,
are the stunningly beautiful Victoria Falls created by the Kalijhora,
a small stream. From a distance 100 feet high, it cascades down over a
precipitous crag, and rushes down to the valley below, through deep ravines
to Sidrapong. There is ferro-concrete bridge over the stream. At Sidrapong
Power
Station,
at
an elevation of 3,500
ft above sea level and 3,300 ft below Darjeeling, down in the west, the
waters of the Victoria Falls are harnessed for generating the electric
supply for Darjeeling, and its suburbs. It is the first Hydel Project
in India.
Festivals
Hinduism, Buddhism and to an extent Christianity,
remain the major religion and Nepali, Hindi, Bengali and English are the
existing languages of Darjeeling.
New
Year
The Nepali ethnicity is prosperous with concealed
artistic resources. Owing to the multiplicity of the populace of Darjeeling,
some fiesta or the other is illustrious almost every month. Most of the
Hindu and Tibetan celebration follow the lunar calendar and the end of
January marks the end of the Tibetan Year, this is the most significant
event in the Tibetan calendar. They rejoice this for about a week with
high-quality food like especially cooked momos, new garments and dances.
Buddha
Jayanti
Buddha Jayanti, birth centenary of Lord Buddha,
is celebrated with demonstration from Buddhist monasteries with Lamas
(Tibetan Monks) melodious ensemble followed by Lord Buddha's idol, and
the procession typically carries the Buddhist sacred books around township.
Birthday of Dalai Lama
On 6th July Tibetans celebrate the birthday of His
Holiness the Dalai Lama. During the first week of July Tibetans celebrate
Dzam Ling Chi Sang - Local Deities' Day.
Shakti
puja
Nepalis call Durga Puja, as Shakti (Power) puja,
when the goddess Durga is worshipped for nine days to devotion the nine
diverse forms she comes in. Nepalis rejoice this by worshipping armaments
like their customary Khukuri, etc. In the twilight young girls go from
house to house singing Bhaileni and they are presented currency and food.
Nepalis rejoice this day with illumination and firecrackers in the evening.
Accommodation
For
Details Contact
WB
GOVT:
West Bengal Govt. Tourist Bureau
Phone: 54050
Below (Old) Bellevue Hotel at the Chowrasta Mall
Generally Open: 10am - 4:30pm
Under
the Management of Sports & Youth Affairs Deptt.
Tenzing
Norgey Youth Hostel
West
Bengal Mountaineering & Adventure Foundation
Dr. Zakir Hussain Road
2256794
Darjeeling
is internationally famous for its tea industry and the Darjeeling Himalayan
Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Tea and Darjeeling are identical. Darjeeling Tea is world distinguished
for its flavor, which is unequalled by any other tea producing area, not
only of India but also of the world. Connoisseurs all over the world have
fancied and appreciated Darjeeling tea and evaluate it as "THE CHAMPAGNE
OF TEA".
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