Landour

The Landour area is the oldest settlement in the entire township and still preserves the tranquility of the bygone colonial times. The uphill walk towards Landour begins from the eastern end of the Mall road. The Clock Tower point is where the Landour Bazaar exceeds till the Gurudwara Chowk. During the British times the same stretch was known as Parade Lane as the British Army troops marched on it. Later a market evolved there which was named as Shivaji Market. The erstwhile Clock Tower had a history of its own the gong of which was audible till Rajpur as claim some elders. The Castle Hill Estate is the where Maharani Jinda Kaur of Patiala lived in exile. Now the Estate belongs to the Survey of India. The numerous Dosa joints opposite to the Castle Hill gate are favorite hang outs amongst youngsters of the town who frequent there for mouthwatering South Indian cuisines. Another land mark in the Landour Bazaar was the Kohinoor Building which has now been brought down. The Survey Chowk is lined with shops famous for delicious sweets and Namkeens. The Landour Bazaar is also famous for the shops where exclusive Pahaari silver jewelry is made to order. The Survey Chowk leads through Gurudwara Chowk from where an uphill climb provides birds’ eye view of the Landour settlement. This narrow alley is lined with small shops of customized handmade leather footwear, antiques and Bhotia eateries and Woolens. The climb culminates at Mullingaar, the first residential building of Mussoorie raised by Captain Frederick Young after his county in Ireland,  thus giving the locality the name after it. Mullingaar is the only Bhotia habitation in the town and the Bhotia elders can be seen playing cards or just basking cozy sun in the wind shelters of slumbering Mullingaar. The Woodstock International School and the Language school is the prime nucleus of this area. The Mullingaar square is the bifurcation point for the road going to Dhanaulty and the one going further to Chaar-Dukan.