WELCOME TO DARJEELING

DARJEELING RAILWAY
• STATE – WEST BENGAL
• CHIEF MINISTER – MAMTA BANERJEE
• DARJEELING RAILWAYS WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1878 – 1881 AND IS ABOUT 88KM LONG.
• MODERN DIESEL ENGINES ARE USED FOR DARJEELING MAIL TRAIN.
• DARJEELING HIMALAYAN RAILWAY, NICKNAMES A ‘TOY TRAIN’ WHICH TUN FROM NEW JALPAIGURI TO DARJEELING IN WEST
BENGAL

DARJEELING WAS DECLARED AS WORLD HERITAGE SITE BY UNESCO IN 1999

TOURIST SPOTS
• TIGER HILL
• TINCHULEY
• BATASIA LOOP
• DARJEELING ROPEWAY
• NIGHTINGALE PARK
• SINGALIA NATIONAL PARK
• TIGER HILL (2,573 M) IS LOCATED IN DARJEELING, IN THE INDIAN STATE OF WEST
BENGAL. IT HAS A PANORAMIC VIEW OF MOUNT EVEREST AND
MOUNT KANCHENJUNGA TOGETHER.
• AT THE SUNRISE, THE PEAK OF KANCHENJUNGA ARE ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE SUN
IS SEEN IN THE LOWER ELEVATION.
 TINCHULEY
• THE WORD TINCHULEY STANDS FOR THREE CHULLAS (CHULLA MEANS OVEN), AND THIS IS REPRESENTED
BY THREE PROMINENT HILL TOPS THAT RESEMBLES THE THREE CHULLAS.

• IT IS AN UPCOMING TOURIST DESTINATION OF THE REGION. TINCHULEY IS A REMOTE HAMLET LOCATED

CLOSE TO DARJEELING WHICH CAN BE REACHED THROUGH A DRIVE OF 32 KILOMETERS.

• IT IS AT A DISTANCE OF 80 KILOMETERS FROM SILIGURI, 35 KILOMETERS FROM KALIMPONG AND 88

KILOMETERS FROM GANGTOK. THE INHABITANTS OF THIS QUIET SETTLEMENT TOOK AN INITIATIVE FOR
ESTABLISHING THEIR LOCALITY AS A MODEL ORGANIC VILLAGE.
BATASIA LOOP

• BATASIA LOOP IS A PROMINENT PLACE.

• IF YOU ARE TAKING A TOY TRAIN RIDE FROM DARJEELING, YOU WILL PASS BY THIS
MAGNIFICENT LOOP.
• ITS IS LOCATED ON HILL CART ROAD AND TAKES 20 MINUTES BY TAXI FROM DARJEELING
TOWN
 DARJEELING ROPEWAY
IT IS ONE OF THE BEST
WAY TO EXPERIENCE
THE BEAUTY OF
DARJEELING
NIGHTINGALE PARK

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SINGALIA NATIONAL PARK

• IT IS A RESERVED FOREST AREA LOCATED AT THE SINGALIA RIDGE IN DARJEELING

DISTRICT.
• THE ENTIRE RIDGE IS COVERED WITH THICK BAMBOO, OAK AND RHODODENDRON
FOREST.