A nature made monastery, where the Real Buddha Sleeps, Sandakfu

Are you a Buddhist? Do you follow the great Buddha? Do you visit often in mountains to feel the spiritual calmness of monasteries? Well, today all for my travel friends, I am going to reveal anunbelievable fact about Buddha. Faraway there is a road, very old road, so many amazing tress are around the road, somewhere on the way there are small villages with few houses, some where there are some lonely temples Lord Buddha, up there the sky is blue sometime, sometime surrounding becomes very foggy and cold, chilled air is constant and after all those circumstances legs become steady on a peak, from where eyes stare at the unexplainable wonderful view, most wonderful spiritual view of the mountain, the view of “Sleeping Buddha- The spiritual view of mount Kanchendzonga (3rd highest peak in the world)”. It really feels like the lonely Buddha sleeps over those mountains, putting pure snow over his body. It feels like he is sleeping there for ages, ignoring the world’s attention in an eternal peace. If you are a true mountain lover, trust me you will surely want to run to the view and sleep beside the imagining Buddha, as it is a too beautiful vista to ignore. And the peak that will give you this awesome view, his name is “The King Of Peaks, Sandakfu”.

“Sandakfu (3636 m; 12,400 ft)” is the highest peak in the state of “West Bengal, India”. It is situated at the edge of the “Singalila National Park” in “Darjeeling” district on the “West Bengal-Sikkim” border, and is the highest point of the “SingalilaRidg”e. Sandakphu has a small village on the peak with few hostels. Four of the five highest peaks in the world, “Everest, Kanchendzonga, Lhotse and Makalucan” be seen from its summit. “Sandakfu” can be reached in two different ways, either by car or by trekking. The trekking starts from “Maneybhanjang” via “Chitirey, Meghma, Tonglu, Tumling, Gairibas, KalaPokhri, Bekhey to Sandakphu”. From “Maneybhanjang” one can hire 1950’s made Land Rovers which climbs up to “Sandakphu” and “Phalut”. The journey on Land Rover is not quite smooth on the rough mountain roads.

“Maneybhanjang” is almost one and half hour by road from “Darjeeling”. You can come “Maneybhanjang” directly from “New Jalpaiguri or Siliguri”. It’s a famous place because this is the usual starting point of “Sandakfu Trekking”. This trekking route is very popular among all the trek lovers around the world. Trekkers from all around the world comes to trek in this route to meet the exotic flora and fauna of Eastern Himalaya and to view the amazing view of “Sleeping Buddha” along with other peaks. While trekking you can observe many uncommon species of birds, which isa quite extra ordinary gift for a nature lover. The best time for this trekking route is “March- May” and “September- November”, as the temperature is not so low in that time. You can trek “Sandakfu” in different schedules. Different tour agents sell different schedules “Sandafu-Phalut Trekking Packages”. You can get them online, or you can also book directly it from “Darjeeling” or “Siliguri”. You might get the packages in cheap price from local agents. It’s always required to take a Govt registered local guide for this trekking, as it is a guideline and rule of local authority.