Kalimpong and Darjeeling are two cities located in the Himalayas of North-Eastern part of India. Both of them have had a similar history - initially belonging to the chyogals of Sikkim and then later on becoming a part of the British India.
Kalimpong boasts of view of the Himalayas, Buddhists monasteries and pretty colonial architecture. Kalimpong also has various hiking routes with amazing views of the magnificent mountains for ones with a taste for adventure.
With the region being suitable for tea-plantations, the British established Darjeeling as a hill-station and a summer resort. After the annexation of Tibet by China, a lot of Tibetan refugees moved here. As a result, this city is laden with a mixture of colonial and Buddhist architecture. You can spot lovely Victorian homes of the old times, and the pagodas and monasteries, with the hills and plantations surrounding it.
Kalimpong boasts of view of the Himalayas, Buddhists monasteries and pretty colonial architecture. Kalimpong also has various hiking routes with amazing views of the magnificent mountains for ones with a taste for adventure.
With the region being suitable for tea-plantations, the British established Darjeeling as a hill-station and a summer resort. After the annexation of Tibet by China, a lot of Tibetan refugees moved here. As a result, this city is laden with a mixture of colonial and Buddhist architecture. You can spot lovely Victorian homes of the old times, and the pagodas and monasteries, with the hills and plantations surrounding it.
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