Himalayan Times (1954)

Ten

•riiiimlaynit iZimce

February 21, 10"4

to Rs. lO.WO- which is

paling-fort ■ letters to the Editor *

(Gmtimrt IrAn W 8> r^X;<^&-//&r''f ■ If we wore to perform

ton of the fort to the * ■ the Puj.i jointly in one

British army which led to . saraswati puja in f„r tnun 0f

it's conquest. ' darjeeung ' Datjeoling. we could oele-

,r, . ' Sir, Amidst tumiil- lirr)t(> ,t much nmrr> »pten-

. fhe fort was ponnec. tU0ll!j g0und of m;cr„- ' mh ftn., ^onoroieatty.

ted by twp very steep hbnP(1< pl.eil-, rpjoi,.„._. al„| Mor(.ov, r. j, „,,,,!d be *5

and ss.gzag paths.^rth th enthusiasm Saraswati.Puja kJ|,d nf inGentir* Tor th«

yalley rim easiest one wfa celehrat<-.l at H.Vrje..-. linifl«ti<m of our «ftr«*

was some hall-a-mile m . . )bg bn ttfe Sih February ',, „ '

distance and the tough 1934 whcn old and young. „ ,i „r .r rft.-,,„,„.

one was some five miles hj h d , id „ ejr h* May I ther.f re. I on

in length in an . extremely m|„e to th'f GodJea* >'of t,,at our people should try

round-about "way. meeting Le^Iling. Qn the morrow to *hn* *«•.<« "'.d

the val ey at aplace some lmlHitudinoWs processions \n<' future divert-then-,

two miles off from the ph ie(, th(>ir Respective » «"n,.lnn. i" v""'

present Sombaria Hat. at jdo)s of Ma Sara^,ti to .Itchion ? Voura etc

a. bridge oh he river Kagrhora where „„,v were

D.1I1111. A careful .obscrva- j

,. ,■ ., - .... " immersed,

turn ot the Daihiiil hill < '

.suggests, that the whole " Now let us consider

area was more or less the philo oph\ behind the

constructed at places for celebration of Sera*w(ili

military purposes and I Puja is such a fash on.

was ii Conned by some From the stand pnirt "f-

local people thnt tbert? are enjoyment and recreation,
Jstill -some remains of tren-' especially for the young

ches and watch-posts'situa- .folks, it is 110 doubt ip-

tcd on th» steep slopes feresiing and fascinatiwr.

of the hill. ' B«t is it of an v BtibstaP-

It is also said that ' tial valu8 in , ine ,,',,,f,•

there was an underground ment, °* °"r

connection, between" the P«»P» * Considering the

foi-t and tlfe Clieil river p™nom><> #a*e of the

for procuring water. It :wav of Performing the

is worth mentioning; in this I "ja,. wa must say it is

connection that there is - extravagant and super-

no reliable Source of water ,l"0''",• V>w yP"r"' ,n"r"

at tho top of the- hill. . nt loa^ a hundred

different groups perfor-

I he fort was a good niina th* Poojah separately

shelter for. defence of. r within the town area alone,
ratreating soldiers .who- Taking the expenditure

used to move in the . at an average of Ks pi/-

Planes of Dooars, .pnoba ly ' for each group, the total

for conquest. \ , ' • expenditure would amount

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