Bhutan House, Kalimpong

#5 among attractions in Kalimpong

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Bhutan House is an estate located in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, owned by the Dorji family of Bhutan. The site is the traditional administrative Dzong for southern Bhutan, and also functioned as the administrative center for the whole of western Bhutan during the modern kingdom's early years of consolidation. It represented the relationship between Bhutan and British India, and is a modern symbol of Bhutan–India relations. ()

Alternative names: Completed: 1912 (112 years ago)Coordinates: 27°4'42"N, 88°29'18"E

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Bhutan House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tashiding Monastery, Dubdi Monastery, Phodong Monastery, Zang Dhok Palri Monastery.

1.6 miSW
Monastery
Tashiding Monastery, Kalimpong
40 min walk • Tashiding Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Western Sikkim, northeastern India, which is the most sacred and holiest monasteries in Sikkim.
1.6 miSW
Monastery
Dubdi Monastery, Kalimpong
40 min walk • Dubdi Monastery, occasionally called Yuksom Monastery, is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism near Yuksom, in the Geyzing subdivision of West Sikkim district, in eastern India.
1.6 miSW
Monastery, Buddhist architecture
Phodong Monastery, Kalimpong
40 min walk • Phodong Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Sikkim, India. It is located 28 kilometres from Gangtok. It was built in the early 18th century but an older monastery had pre-existed the current one.
3.3 miSW
Sacred and religious sites
Zang Dhok Palri Monastery, Kalimpong
84 min walk • Zang Dhok Palri Phodang is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kalimpong in West Bengal, India. The monastery is located atop Durpin Hill, one of the two hills of the town. It was consecrated in 1976 by the visiting Dalai Lama.
6.2 miSE
Village
Loleygaon
157 min walk • Loleygaon is a village in the Kalimpong II CD block in the Kalimpong Sadar subdivision of the Kalimpong district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bhutan House, Kalimpong

Facts and practical information

Bhutan House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Tashiding Monastery, Kalimpong

Dubdi Monastery, Kalimpong

Phodong Monastery, Kalimpong

Zang Dhok Palri Monastery, Kalimpong

Loleygaon