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Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Jorepokhri (Darjeeling Hills)


From Lepchajagat my wife and I visited Sukhia (6 km away) and then drove up to Jorepokhri (1 km from Sukhia). Jorepokhri (meaning 'two ponds') is a lovely place and offers, like Lepchajagat, a wonderful view of the Kanchenjunga.

Jorepokhri is a picnic / holiday / religious spot. It has two temples -- apparently many pilgrims visit them during certain festivals -- I could see a large number of benches on either side of the pine-lined road leading from Sukhia to Jorepokhri -- they are probably meant for the pilgrims who climb by foot from Sukhia.

Out of the two ponds, one is meant for drinking water and is fenced off. The other one looks very pretty, has lots of ducks playing in it and is surrounded by a well-maintained garden (and the pine forests and hills beyond) -- it is a tourist spot. Overlooking this pond is a DGHC resort which is very well maintained and offers a lovely view of Kanchenjunga too. I went inside this DGHC resort to check it out and found it better maintained than the WBFDC resort at Lepchajagat. However, unlike Lepchajagat this place is somewhat noisy with music blaring from loudspeakers during the daytime -- both from the temples (religious music for devotees) and the garden (film songs for the picnickers).

1 Comments:

At 12:26 PM, Blogger Pithaly said...

You are lucky to travel so much!

 

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