Observatory Hill
Observatory Hill is a place of worship in Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjeeling, West Bengal. Observatory Hill is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Mahakal mandir, as well as near the university Southfield College.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bhutia Busty Monastery and Lloyd’s Botanical Garden.
Bhutia Busty Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0.
Bhutia Busty monastery or Karma Dorjee Chyoling monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Bhutia Busty, Darjeeling district, India. It belongs to the Red Sect of Buddhist Lamas. Bhutia Busty Monastery is situated 330 metres northeast of Observatory Hill.
Lloyd’s Botanical Garden
Garden
Photo: Jeabapt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lloyd's Botanical Garden, or Darjeeling Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. Lloyd’s Botanical Garden is situated 660 metres southwest of Observatory Hill.
St. Robert’s School
School building
St. Robert's School is a higher secondary school for boys in Darjeeling Hill Station, West Bengal, India. It opened in 1934, and is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. St. Robert’s School is situated 300 metres southwest of Observatory Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Darjeeling and Nayabazar.
Darjeeling
Photo: Anilbharadwaj125, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Darjeeling is a hill station in the northern region of West Bengal. It used to be a lovely Victorian town built among the Himalayan foothills, the remnants of which are still visible around the Chowrasta.
Nayabazar
Village
Nayabazar is a in West Sikkim District of the Indian state of Sikkim. Covering an urban area of 0.12 kilometres, it lies close to the confluence of Rangeet River and Rammam River some 109 kilometres by road from the state capital Gangtok and 25km from Darjeeling. Nayabazar is situated 9 km north of Observatory Hill.
Jorethang
Jorethang is a major town in Namchi district in the Indian state of Sikkim. Jorethang lies on the bank of Rangeet River, which is a tributary of the Teesta River, on the way to Pelling from Darjeeling, Siliguri and Kalimpong.Observatory Hill
- Type: Place of worship
- Category: religion
- Location: Darjeeling Pulbazar, Darjeeling, North Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.04787° or 27° 2′ 52″ northLongitude
88.26803° or 88° 16′ 5″ eastOpen location code
7MVC27X9+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 3549141710OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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