Affluent history of St. Andrews church and its tourism importance

Reflecting the brilliant culture of Darjeeling St. Andrews church which stands as a landmark of British tradition is one of the oldest and pristine churches of Queen of hills.

Built in mid 18^th century and named after the saints of Scotland this church is an Anglican church.

As we all know British during their time had made Darjeeling their summer retreat and during their reign they constructed many monuments, edifice and churches all across India and St. Andrews is one amongst them.

History

It was during the colonization period when British were active in capturing almost every region of India they discovered Darjeeling as their summer retreat and lived here during their time of vacation.

They say only the royals used to come here and today every historical thing you will witness here are part of their contribution and St. Andrews church is one of their excellent creation and construction.

In its early days Scottish soldiers and local tea planters used to come here to worship and during that time this church was amongst the finest church of entire Darjeeling and even today its structure and way of making differs from many other churches of Darjeeling.

Architecture

Brilliant work reflecting the ages of British, this church portrays design of pure Anglican type. Every bricks and walls speaks the volume of amazing design and its wide area which is neighboured by sprawling garden allows visitor to rest some time there.

Modest approach of British in turning this place historical has found its meaning through this chapel and today every silent step reveals the history and its significance.

Present Day

Today this church is open for visitors to allure an amazing work of British because after an earthquake of 1873 very little renovation has been done.

There was a time when Scottish soldier used to ring the bell of this amazing church but after the downfall of British Empire, very few peoples looks to pass through the guiding way of this church.

Tourism

Being a historical site, this stunning church is visited by many tourists to understand its history and importance and it is only and only during the time of tourist arrival we will witness the crowd coming out to admire this lovely church.

Location

Located at a site of chowrasta and observatory hall, this church stands as a guiding light and through its way you are going to see other wonders of Darjeeling.

Nearby Attraction  

As mentioned before its location which allows tourist to see chief attractions of Darjeeling the nearby places is just supreme and equally brilliant like St. Andrews church.

Some of them that circle the area of this historical church are Chowrasta and Mall road, observatory hall, Nightingale Park, Padmaja Himalayan zoological park, Himalayan mountaineering institute and many more.

How to Reach

Nearest railway station from here is New Jalpaiguri which is at a distance of 73 km and it will take approximately one and half hour to reach here.

Nearest airport is Bagdogra which is at a distance of 69 km and it will take around one and half hour to reach here.