DUARS

About Duars

The Dooars or Duars are the floodplains and foothills of the eastern Himalayas in North-East India around Bhutan. Though Dooars is not a political state today, traditionally it constituted the plains of Darjeeling District, whole of Jalpaiguri District and upper region of Cooch Behar District in West Bengal and the districts of Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Goalpara and Bongaigaon in the Indian state of Assam.

KAPILAS

About Kapilas

It is situated at a distance of 24 km from Dhenkanal. It is famous for Chandrashekar Shiva Temple which is situated on a hillock. The captivating natural scenery attracts the visitors. A flight of 1,351 steps and also a ghat road lead to the temple. Thousands of devout souls throng to Kapilas on the occasion of ‘Mahasivaratri’, the night consecrated to Lord Shiva in the month of February-March.