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All India Darjeeling

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Darjeeling

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

Updated December 21, 2022
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Unusual Attractions in Darjeeling

Mahakal Mandir

Darjeeling, India

Mahakal Mandir

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

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

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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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