The gateway of North East

The world is very vast. There are countries and within them contain the states and within them, the cities . It is in these cities political life nourishes, within the gaps of political life, we find wonderful traces of nature and it's natural beauty..The globe being huge can be a reason of us staying in oblivion, regarding their mere existence. 

Whenever I interact with people and tell them regarding my place of origin, they are quite not sure where "Siliguri" actually is. Sometimes they think its in Nepal and it's becomes quite depressing  for me. Thus I have come here to acknowledge everyone of this small place, named Siliguri, quite situated on the foothills of The Himalayas, serving as the gateway to the NorthEastern part of India. 

If anyone googles out, they can really find all the geographical data associated to this place, so let me tell some interesting facts ( that you will not find on the Google) ; that I have collected over the last 19 years or so.. 

Siliguri is a small place, lying in the North Eastern part of the Indian map quite situated 

on the foothills of the Himalayas ( like I earlier said) which is on the banks of the river Teesta - serving as the powerhouse. It is connected to the hilly areas of gangtok and the low lying areas of Bangladesh border by a magnificent arc bridge built over the Teesta  known as the Coronation bridge or The bagh pool - serving as the also route to Sikkim. Thus it has become now a tourist view point and one can enjoy the picturesque bliss of the green water flowing downstream. 

The coronation bridge with the green waters of Teesta, surrounded by mountains

Though Siliguri is a small place, but it has its borders connected to three of our neighboring countries- Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan. Thus it serves as one of the most important trading centre of North East .In fact one of the cheapest market of the North East -(The Hongkong market) is found on this small little place.It is here that you will find people having different culture and language. It is in fact a place of mixture of culture and linguistic. Siliguri is an exporter of tea and timber to the international markets, it's forest contains the mahogany wood, which obviously needs no introduction.

The Tea Estates of Siliguri 

The Forests of Siliguri

Siliguri being surrounded by hills makes it one of the important tourist hotspot. If you want to go to Sikkim or to darjeeling then you will have to make a stop here. The famous Indian heritage - The Toy Train runs uphill to Darjeeling - twisting and twirling through the beautiful hills of North East. It is also the home to three well-known wildlife sanctuaries .Another important thing that can't be missed is that it also serves as the only place through which you can reach the North Eastern  part of India - i.e. The Assam, The meghalaya, The Arunachal,thus giving this place the name - "The Gateway of North East".

The heritage of India :The Toy Train

One of the most important thing that always mesmerises me above all, is it's climate. 

Siliguri experiences basically tropical climate with moderate rainfall during rainy season, but what's amazing is that the average temperatures in summer is about 30° and during the winters it's 17°, neither too hot nor too cold  providing a perfect weather to enjoy the scenic beauty around. 

As times change , so does technology and with it comes modernization, which too has many disadvantages - In recent times traffic is on the rise and this has been a major problem now.Like many different big commercial cities, Siliguri is also under the grasp of congestion and traffic jam.But I believe this will be solved soon . 

So now I think now people reading this post will not tell " Siliguri is in Nepal".

Thank you and have a great day..