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East India Region
 The North-Eastern Indian States The
Eastern Region has the beautiful Sun Temple in Orissa, designed
as a massive
stone chariot on twenty four exquisitely carved wheels and drawn
by seven straining horses(now a World Heritage Monuments);
the beautiful mountain State, Sikkim;
'The Seven Sisters' of Northern Eastern Assam,
Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram,
Nagaland and Tripura. the actual tree
(still living), under which the Buddha attained enlightenment
in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, Nalanda - the ruins of the world's earliest
university founded in the
5th century BC also in Bihar; that vital, volatile, overcrowded,
exciting metropolis, Kolkatta in West Bengal; and the Seven
Sisters in the North
East.
Orissa, the ancient kingdom of Kalinga, lies on the North Eastern
extremity of the Indian peninsula, cocooned between the Eastern Ghats (range of
hills) on the West and the Bay of Bengal on the East. Still largely unexplored
and untouched by modernity, it is a fascinating State to visit where one can
see some of the wonders of india's cultural and natural heritage. There are
serene beaches along a 480 km coastline, forests, mountains, waterfalls galore,
ancient monuments, hot sulphur springs, a very special kind of zoo, and Chilika
lake, a bird watcher's paradise. The people of Orissa ande the language are
both called Oriya.
BIHAR - North of Orissa is
the State of Bihar where Buddhism was bom 2500 years ago. In
Bodh Gaya, 160 km from the State capital, Patna, is the very same tree,
still growing out of its own saplings, under which the Buddha meditated and
attained enlightenment twenty-five centuries ago. It is an important pilgrim
centre for Buddhists.
At Nalanda, the world's earliest
university, founded two-and-a-half thousand years ago, is now quiet and still.
It once housed 2000 teachers and 10,000 students from all parts of the then
civilised world. It was patronised by the Buddhist emperor Ashoka who built
temples and monasteries here. An International Centre for Buddhist studies has
been established.
Sikkim - Enchey
Monastery Standing tall at a height of 8534 mts, the Mount
Khangchen-dzonga is a spectacular sight. And situated in the Eastern Himalayas,
below the Mount
Khangchendzonga, is the small but wonderfully beautiful Sikkim.
The Mount Khangchen-dzonga (or 'Kanchenjunga' as it is commonly called)
holds a special
importance in the lives of the Sikkimese people who worship
it as their protective deity.
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