Meghma | Offbeat North Bengal | Detailed Information

#Meghma (2600 m) is a small hamlet in Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal in India near the India - Nepal border, and lies on the Sandakphu trek route. Mobile tower of BSNL is available on the Indian side, but as soon as you come to the Nepal side, no Indian mobile towers are available.
**timestamps**
0:57 Timelapse
2:03 Trek from Chitrey to Meghma
3:06 cemetry at Chitrey
3:47 Getting down a tricky portion
4:24 Cherry Blossoms
5:14 Lamidura
6:26 Reaching Meghma
8:02 International Boundary between India & Nepal
8:36 Monastery at Meghma
9:30 How to reach Meghma
11:54 People at Meghma
12:18 Homestay details at Meghma - Saraswati aunty
12:55 Fireplace at homestay
14:07 Sunrise at Meghma
15:17 Use of censer at Meghma
15:56 Interesting information regarding "mane"
17:29 Vulture sighting at Meghma
18:34 A good gesture
19:35 Next episode

***Meghma Homestay Details***
Saraswati Aunty - +91 97498 68847

Meghma as the name suggest is covered by clouds most of the time. The tourist or the guests entering Meghma is welcomed by the Buddhist monastery because the cloud is a magician here which conceals and reveals the monastery. Built in the early fifties, it is one of the prominent monasteries of the region because it treasures 108 forms of Buddha. These 108 Buddhas are believed to be encountered in ones journey from this world to the next world depending on his Karma.

Meghma is one of the most cleanest village in this area and a suitable place to take a rest and probably the best place to take the first halt to prepare for a long Singalila Trek. It is situated about 3 hours of trekking from Manebhanjan.

Links to TREKKING documentaries –
Sandakphu Trek detailed -    • Sandakphu Trek | Detailed | Winter Ja...  
Pangarchulla trek detailed -    • Pangarchulla Peak Trek | Detailed | v...  
Brahmatal Trek -    • Brahmatal Trek | Detailed | Jan 2019  
Pindari trek -    • Pindari Glacier Trek | Uttarakhand To...  

Links to offbeat travel destinations in North Bengal & Sikkim -
Chayatal -    • Chayatal | Offbeat Sikkim  
Dentam -    • Dentam | Offbeat Sikkim  
Chatakpur -    • Chatakpur | Offbeat North Bengal  
Bagora -    • Bagora | Offbeat North Bengal  
Tumling -    • Tumling | Offbeat North Bengal | Deta...  
Meghma -    • Meghma | Offbeat North Bengal | Detai...  
Chitrey -    • Chitrey | Offbeat North Bengal | Deta...  
Charkhole -    • Charkhole | Offbeat North Bengal  
Latpanchar -    • Latpanchar | Offbeat North Bengal | B...  
Ahaldara -    • Ahaldara | Sittong | Offbeat North Be...  
Todey Tangta -    • Todey - Tangta - Chisang | Offbeat No...  
Zuluk -    • Zuluk | Silk route | East Sikkim | Of...  
Lungchok -    • Lungchok | Offbeat Sikkim  

Links to other landscape photography videos -
Photographing natural layers in landscape at Meghma -    • Photographing Natural Layers in Lands...  
Composing Landscape Photos at Bagora -    • Composing Landscape Photos at Bagora  
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