Darjeeling the picturesque town nestled amidst the rolling town is a popular hill station in India. The town is gifted splendidly by nature with endless tea gardens, snow-capped mountains, ornamented hills, cascading waterfalls, chatty rivers, and blissful climatic conditions. Darjeeling is also famous for its strategic location and scintillating natural beauty that draws tourists not only from India but far corners of the world.
Darjeeling is today the most popular holiday destination in northeast India and tourists visit this hill town all year round to see and explore its unmatched natural beauty, which is beyond the visual and verbal descriptions.
Plan your trip to this jewel on the cap of the Himalayas and enjoy your vacation with the ultimate experience of a lifetime.
Darjeeling Culture and Arts Form
Darjeeling culture and art form are truly fascinating and quite miscellaneous due to the diverse ethnic populace of the town. The Culture of this hill town is quite diverse but the major Hindu festivals like Diwali and Dussehra are celebrated by all ethnic groups with great enthusiasm, joy, and happiness.
Darjeeling also has a good number of Tibetan ethnic groups like Gurungs, Bhutias, Tamangs, Lamas, and Rai and they celebrate the New Year called Losar in January-February, Buddha Jayanti, Chotrul Duchen, Rum Faat, and many others. Other ethnic groups like Thapas, Chettris, and Pradhan have their own culture and traditions and celebrate most of the Hindu festivals in their own traditional culture.
Well if you happen to visit during the winter time in December - November, Darjeeling celebrates a musical extravaganza where cultural songs and traditions are put up by the different ethnic groups of this hill town to make the tourists and the visitors much more familiar with the richness of culture and heritage of Darjeeling.
The culture of Darjeeling and its art forms also include food, colonial architecture, and handicrafts that also contribute to the boom the tourism of this picturesque hill town. Though Darjeeling has a mixed population majority the Nepali Gurkhas, the culture of Darjeeling has retained its charm for ages and people enjoy life peacefully and full of happiness.
Cuisine of Darjeeling
Darjeeling serves yummy cuisines with typical Nepali and Tibetan flavors. The Delicious Momos and Thukpas (Thick Noodles) served at exotic restaurants with yummy soup add new tastes and enrich your taste buds. Eating at the exotic eats and out place of Darjeeling as well as exotic restaurants and hotels is not only a gourmet bliss but also gives the wonderful feeling that beckons you to the place again and again.
Darjeeling tea is world famous and enjoying the stimulating hot tea amongst the serene green surroundings, smelling the cool aromatic air gives you the world experience. Also, try out the local mood-making wine called “Tongba” and “Nigar” prepared in the exotic villages by the locals. It is truly a healthy drink and a cup of town rejuvenates your tiring soul from the long day tour in Darjeeling.
Darjeeling serves cuisines with the blended flavor of all the local ethnic groups that add a new taste to the life of the tourist and truly the taste works so wonderfully that it will take a long time to go. You can enjoy the hot melting pot which contains both vegetarian and non-vegetarian specialties, truly with unique flavors and tastes.
You Cannot Miss this stuff to eat in Darjeeling...take it for Granted
Delicious and Mouthwatering Momos with true Himalayan Flavor
- Thukpas
- Wai Wai
- Curpee the Himalayan Bubble Gum made of Cow and Yak Milk
- Sel Roti
- Tongba
- Chhang
- Nigar
Try out these Cuisines and add new tastes to your taste buds!
Best Time to Visit Darjeeling
Darjeeling is no doubt the most beautiful hill station in India. Since the time of British rule in India, Darjeeling has been globally known for its copious natural beauty and balmy climatic conditions that draws the attention of tourists from all over the world.
Darjeeling climate is cool and pleasant all year round and even during the summer season the temperature only heads up to 20 degrees centigrade. When the other places of India experience hot and humid climatic conditions during the summer season, Darjeeling remains cool and gives a wonderful opportunity for tourists to enjoy summer holidays with a pleasurable experience. Winter in this Queen of Hills is biting cold and between December to February, there is snowfall as well, which adorns these beautiful hill stations with a heavenly look.
The best season to visit Darjeeling is between April and June as the weather during this time is clear and the mountains and the green surroundings wear a new look giving a visual extravaganza to the eyes.
Darjeeling the Queen of Hills, welcomes tourists all year round but one thing that should be kept in mind is not to forget to carry warm clothes as the hill town temperature is cool all year round.
Festivals of Darjeeling
Festivals in Darjeeling are celebrated grandly with great enthusiasm and joy. The harmonious mix of the religions, as well as the culture, overwhelms the calendar of Darjeeling with colorful celebrations all year round. Hindu festivals like Dussehra and Diwali locally called Tihar are celebrated grandly and during this time all the local community and people from all religions come together and paint the environment of this picturesque town with a high spirit of togetherness, joy, and happiness.
Darjeeling has every reason to celebrate festivals and during this time people come together to make the festivals more lively, colorful, and grand.
The diverse culture of the town has given a platform to celebrate various festivals, which gives a wonderful opportunity for the locals as well as tourists to know the culture and traditions of other communities in a better way.
Important Festivals in Darjeeling
- Bhumchu Festival, Ram Navami
- Dashain Festival, Losar Festival
- Darjeeling Carnival, Buddha Jayanti
- Sansari Puja, Saga Dawa
- Milad-un-nabi Muhammad's Birth Anniversary
- Sawane Sankranti, Kushe Aunsi
- Durga Puja, Jamare Aunsi
- Tihar or Teohar
- Bhai Tika, Eid-al-Fitr
- Christmas
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