Though all the places in
Namchi are worth seeing and the mountains and the forests are soothing to the
eye the faculty took us to few tourist spots on 16th November , 2016. We first
went to Samdruptse where there is a
giant statue of Guru Padma Sam bhavan
Samdruptse Hill; the
'wish fulfilling hill' is just 5 km away from Namchi, situated at an altitude
of 2134 m (7000 ft). This epic hill is ornamented with a giant statue of the
Guru Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche); the patron saint of Sikkim who has been showering
its blessings since more than 1,200 years. It is a 45 m tall statue,
overlooking the whole city, and is gilded with gold that glitters when the
sunlight falls over it. The hill offers the vista of the magnificent Mt.
Kangchenjunga amongst the richly forested hills under the blue painted sky. It
is believed that the hill is a dormant volcano and only prayers can hold it
from erupting, that is why the local monks offer their reverence and devotion
to it. The repository within the premises of the statue, has a profound
collection of historical photographs of sikkim also including the fading photos
of Mahatma Gandhi, come as a delight for the history buffs. The statue is an
incredible triumph of engineering, that took around seven years for its
construction under the sponsorship of the Sikkim State Government. The
foundation stone for the statue was laid by Dalai Lama in the year 1997.
Our second stop was at the Buddha
park in Ravengla where there is a beautiful Buddha statue. We had a fantastic
view of Kanchenjunga from there. It was constructed between 2006 and 2013, and
features a 130-foot-high (40 m) statue of the Buddha, erected to mark the
2550th anniversary of the birth of Gautama Buddha, as its main attraction. The
statue, built of 60 tonnes of copper, is an example of repousse work. Mount
Narsing forms the backdrop to the statue.
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