Kalimpong Sightseeing : Places to visit in destination Kalimpong

Places to visit in the city Kalimpong

DR. GRAHAM’S HOME - Kalimpong

Situated in a 500-acre estate on the slopes of Dealo Hills, Dr. Graham’s Home is an educational institution founded as a home and school for orphan children by Dr. John Anderson Graham, a Scottish missionary, in 1900. Started with just six students, the school today has over 1,200 boys and girls and is among the better-known public schools of the region. The school is self-sufficient and has its own dairy, poultry and bakery. Every year in the month of May the school organises a May Fair. The original buildings and chapel in the school complex present an interesting sight.

THARPA CHOLING MONASTERY - Kalimpong

Situated on Tirpai Hill, Tharpa Choling Monastery was built around 1937. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, the sect to which the present Dalai Lama belongs. The monastery has a library of the Buddhist manuscripts and thangkas (picture or representation of a deity on cloth).

ZONG DOG PALRI FO-BRANG MONASTERY - Kalimpong

Built in the mid-1970s, the monastery lies at about 5 km south of the town centre at Durpin Dara Hill. The monastery was consecrated by the Dalai Lama. It houses impressive wall paintings and a rare three-dimensional mandala (a Hindu or Buddhist graphic symbol of the universe). From this monastery, one can get a panoramic view of the town and the surrounding areas.

DURPIN DARA HILL - Kalimpong

The highest point in Kalimpong, the Durpin Dara Hill offers a breathtaking view of the plains below. Some of the places that can be viewed from here include the Teesta and Rangeet rivers, western Sikkim, the Kanchenjunga peak, Peshoke and Lopchu tea estates, Nathu-la pass and the towns of Siliguri and Kurseong.

LEPCHA MUSEUM - Kalimpong

The museum is located in Bag Dhara and exhibits manuscripts and other objects of the Lepchas, the original people of Kalimpong.