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Baby monkey eating the holy offerings made by devotees at Mahakal Shiv Mandir in the town of Darjeeling, West Bengal. Darjeeling is famous for toy train, tea gardens and hills and tourists from all over India love to spend their vacation in this hilly town. Mahakal temple has a deep rooted history. This is where stood the original Dorjeling Monastery which is now called the Bhutia Busti Monastery. The original monastery was built in the year 1765 by the lama Dorje Rinzing. It was plundered and destroyed in 1815 during the Gorkha invasion. It was rebuilt in the year 1861 and later relocated to its present location about 1.5 kilometers (a mile) from here down below at a lower level. And today when you enter the Mahakal temple, you will not only hear the Hindu priests chanting prayers, you wi
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