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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Darjeeling, India

Updated December 21, 2022

Unusual Attractions in Darjeeling

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Mahakal Mandir

At this unique temple in Darjeeling, Hindu and Buddhist practices co-exist harmoniously.

Darjeeling, India

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

Inside this Darjeeling museum, you can see a pair of boots that once stood at the top of the world.

Darjeeling, India

Grave of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös

The Hungarian linguistics expert who wrote the first Tibetan–English dictionary was laid to rest in a remote Indian cemetery.

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Memorial Stupa of Helena Roerich

Outside a hilltop monastery in India, a monument to a 20th-century Russian mystic.

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Tashiding Monastery

Miraculous vase predicts the future at this Tibetan Buddhist site in the Himalayas.

20 miles from Darjeeling

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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Darjeeling

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Darjeeling, India

Updated December 21, 2022

Unusual Attractions in Darjeeling

Darjeeling, India

Mahakal Mandir

Darjeeling, India

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

Darjeeling, India

Grave of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös

Kalimpong, India

Memorial Stupa of Helena Roerich

South Sikkim, India

Tashiding Monastery

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