Sikkim Himalaya

Sikkim Himalaya An independent kingdom until 1975, Sikkim has long been considered one of the last Himalayan Shangri Las. But hurry. Just watch out for those infamous leeches!

If you’re feeling jaded by the heat and hassles of India, Sikkim is the perfect antidote. It’s clean (plastic bags are banned) and the mountain air is fresh. Best of all the people are among India’s most friendly, with a charming manner that’s unobtrusive and slightly shy. To really savour some true Sikkimese atmosphere, visit a village tongba-bar for some local millet beer: it’s a bit like warm J

apanese sake. Plunging mountain valleys are lushly forested, interspersed occasionally with rice terraces and groves of flowering rhododendrons. Tibetan-style Buddhist monasteries (gompas) add splashes of vermilion to the green ridgetops and are approached through atmospheric avenues of colourful prayer flags set on long bamboo poles. Straddling the Sikkim–Nepal border is Khangchendzonga ( 8598m), the world’s third-highest mountain. Khangchendzonga’s guardian spirit is worshipped in a series of spectacular autumn festivals and its magnificent multiple white peaks can be spied from many points around the state. In the last few years a tourist boom has seen ever multiplying numbers of visitors, mostly middle-class Bengalis escaping the Kolkata heat. Every year more concrete hotels protrude from once-idyllic villagescapes and most towns are already architecturally lacklustre huddles of multistorey box-homes. Fortunately, although Sikkim is tiny, its crazy contours make road construction very tough. So for now, finding the ‘real’ Sikkim is just a matter of hiking away from the metalled roads.

From a visitor:)
01/06/2020

From a visitor:)

Whitewash in yumthang valley.north sikkim🇮🇳🏂

Namaste 🙏🏾 from the high mountains 🏔
23/02/2020

Namaste 🙏🏾 from the high mountains 🏔

Have beautiful day nature lovers :)
19/09/2018

Have beautiful day nature lovers :)

You may have seen prayer flags often consists of 5 different colours? Apparently, there are also these series of white p...
25/05/2018

You may have seen prayer flags often consists of 5 different colours? Apparently, there are also these series of white prayer flags that are planted on a bamboo poles which you may see in the countrysides of the Himalayas.
The colour white signifies peace and they are usually meant for memorial celebration to someone who has died in the family. They are supposed to express gratitude and love for the departed souls' journey.

Samiti Lake at 4300m
11/01/2018

Samiti Lake at 4300m

Do you know the name of this mountain?
27/09/2017

Do you know the name of this mountain?

Guess the place?
20/06/2017

Guess the place?

Kanchendzonga is printed on 100 rs bill! Did you know that?
25/05/2017

Kanchendzonga is printed on 100 rs bill! Did you know that?

Good morning from the high mountains 🙏
31/03/2017

Good morning from the high mountains 🙏

Visit Sikkim your own Country's Switzerland:)
23/03/2017

Visit Sikkim your own Country's Switzerland:)

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