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A railway bridge, about 1 km long, connecting Siliguri to Malbazar and Alipurduar.
Sevoke Railway Bridge is the railway bridge on River Teesta near Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary at Sevoke, West Bengal, India. The railway bridge is about 396.1 metres long and connects Darjeeling district with Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. The bridge lies on New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line of Northeast Frontier Railway, Alipurduar Division.
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Goddess Dakshina Kali is worshipped here, atop a steep flight of stairs. Views over Coronation Bridge and Teesta River. People from far off places come here to pray and worship her. This temple was built in 1952 by cutting down the Sevoke Hill.
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You can see the turbulent Teesta roaring below. Near the bridge is a temple of Kali, the goddess of destruction, considered very holy. There are two tiger statues at one entrance of the bridge.
First officially declared a sanctuary in 1949, with a total area of , it's home to Asian elephants, forest boars, sambar deer, leopards, mountain black bears, and various types of birds. 60% of the entire forest area is mountainous, and the remaining part is flat. The altitude of this sanctuary ranges from 150 m to 1300 m.