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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Darjeeling

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

Updated December 21, 2022

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Mahakal Mandir

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

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Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

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

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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.
11 miles from Darjeeling

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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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