Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

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--> Gandhiji was at Hill Cart Road near Kak Jhora with Anne Beasant and Deshbandhu Chitranjan Das in 1925. The Toy Train track runs alongside the road, and a hand-driven rickshaw is behind it.  (c) Fallen Cicada - Unwritten History of Darjeeling Hills by Barun Roy pic: beacononline.wordpress   The latest issue of  The Week , dated December 27, 2009, had something stored for me. The national magazine's cover story was “Myths of Our Time,” which had a few stories webbed around our cultural and social beliefs, but there was little truth in them. One article excited me the most; it was the sole reason I put my hand forward when I saw it hanging in one of the shops in Gangtok. The story's headline read, “Gandhi did not say Hey Ram when shot.”  The story was against the belief of Gandhi's followers that it spread to every corner of the globe. But the fact remains strong that Gandhi did not utter anything when he was shot by Nathuram Godse with...

30 kg  fish caught at the  Singtam River I do not know how factual it is, but I have come across an article (could have been written a few years back) that says there is or was a suggested possibility of the existence of some kind of riverine mammals, like the fantasy of mermaids , or it could even be a Gangetic Dolphin in the regions from Rangpo and Singtam . I am from Singtam , but I have never heard of such a strange story apart from the  30 kg fish  that was caught at the bank of the  Singtam River last year. Thou sound fascinating, but I would love to read more about it. The information provided is from the desk of a WWF-India-Department of Science and Technology, Sikkim Project , and the researchers are Dr. Ajeya Jha , Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology , and Dr. R.K. Avasthe , Indian Council for Agricultural Research . The complete article is found on the website of the National Informatics Center, Sikkim , under the topic of Mammals of Sikkim ...

Neru Sewa inagurates of Railway PRS Counter at Rangpo PIC: Sanjay Agarwal

    I had a camera with me yesterday throughout the day out at Gangtok but the only pic i clicked was of the MG Marg and the poster of  3 Idiots.

source: boardguess.com    CBSE Board 2010 Examination Date Sheet The countdown for the Board exam 2010 has begun. The first paper of on March 3 and the exams will continue till April 8. The first exam for the commerce stream will be business studies – to be hold on March 4. Political science – on March 5 – will be the first main paper in the humanities stream. Date Day Subject Name Time 03/03/2010 Wednesday PHYSICS , RADIO ENG.&AUD.SYS, M PROD TPT &M COOP, POST HARV TECH&PRD, OPTICS, CLINICAL BIO-CHEM., COMM. HEALTH NURII, RADIOGRAPHY-I GENL, DESG & PAT MAKING, DYEING & PRINTING, ACCOMODAT. SERVICE, TRAVEL TRADE MGMT, CONFECTIONERY, CLSFN.& CATLOGUING, POULTRY PDTS& TECH, H EDN.& PUB HELATH 10:30 AM 04/03/2010 Thursday BUSINESS STUDIES 10:30 AM 05/03/2010 Friday FASHION STUDIES 10:30 AM 06/03/2010 Saturday POLITICAL SCIENCE 10:30 AM 08/03/2010 Monday CHEMISTRY , CONS BEHV & PROT...

source: boardguess.com  CBSE Board 2010 Examination Date Sheet The countdown for the Board exam 2010 has begun. The Last-ever Board exams for Class X will Commence from March 3 with the music paper followed by social science on march 5. The exams for Class X will get over on March 31 with science Practical skills paper. For Class X, these will be the last Boards to be conducted after the introductions of continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) in CBSE schools across the country. After the exams in 2010, Class X will be marked on a year-long basis instead of a one-time external exam. Date Day Subject Name Time 03/03/2010 Wednesday MUSIC CAR.VOCAL, MUSIC CAR.INS.MEL., MUSIC CAR.INS.PER. , MUSIC HIND.VOCAL , MUSIC HIND.INS.MEL , MUSIC HIND.INS.PER 10:30 AM 05/03/2010 Thursday SOCIAL SCIENCE 10:30 AM 08/03/2010 Friday URDU COURSE-A, PUNJABI, BENGALI, TAMIL, TELUGU, SINDHI, MARATHI, GU...

Photo feature of GJMM dharna by Gorkha Janmukti Bidhyarthi Morcha at Rangpo- Darjeeling area pic by Sanjay Agarwal     The students on dharna   GJMM General Secreatry Roshan Giri came to Rangpo-Darjeeling area  to meet with students staged on dharna at middle of the road   Former CM NB Bhandari coming by foot from Rangpo, West Bengal during 04 hours dharna and bandh.   The affected vehicles on the other side of Sikkim-West Bengal border

I found this photograph inside a monastery at Gnathang, near Nathula Border. Very little is known about these people but the local people added that the person sitting was the Rimpoche of the Gnathang Monastery and the people surrounding were Sikkimese officials from British Administration.  Gnathang, situated at around 12,000 feet above sea level is the most crucial place in Sikkim that changed the political scenario of Sikkim's royal administration. A battle was fought between the British and Tibetans where with the defeat of the Tibetans, Sikkim too came under the scanner of becoming the British Protectorate. Thus Sikkim's administration went into the hands of the British. the year was 1890.  30.09.24: Mentioned on Facebook Page 'Naldjor' Tsampa Lama Ngathang Lingpa -  He is also known as Burma Lama (bur ma bla ma) as he later left Sikkim and went to Burma. Some even say he originally came from Burma. Actually some twenty years ago there arrived a letter from Ran...

This orchid variety named Coelogyne pantlingii  had been discovered by Indian botanist Sudhizong Lucksom in Sikkim in 2005. This floral beauty finds place among the 21 new orchid species as reported in WWF report in August 2009.  Photograph courtesy Sudhizong Lucksom/WWF Nepal ALSO READ  This was the closest i could go for PM Modi orchid Wikipedia fails to mention Sikkim Orchid named after Kalpana Chawla Coelogyne pantlingii, a new orchid species discovered in Sikkim in 2005 Sikkim Orchid variety named after Sonia Gandhi's grand daughter After Dendrobium Atal Bihari Vajpayee, its turn for Cymbidium NaMo

 by Sanjay Agarwal 21-day Winter camp organized by Denzong Baha’i Institute of Sikkim began on 20th December 2009 at Baha’i School, Tadong. The camp will go till 9 th January 2010. The participants are from Sumbuk (South Sikkim), Pachey (Pakyong) and Gangtok. A camp of this kind was first started at Saramsa (Ranipool) in December 2000 by the Denzong Baha’i Institute of Sikkim. The participants were from Bhutan, Darjeeling, and Sikkim then. But in the later years to make it convenient and manageable the Institute decided to decentralize   it and have it in different centers. For the past three or four years, for the people of Darjeeling, it has been organized in Darjeeling itself and for Sikkim in Sikkim itself. This is a spiritual empowerment program. Here, participants are taught to be tolerant and encourage fellowship among the people irrespective of caste, creed, color, religion, race, and nation. They get insights into the concept God is one, man is the creation of ...

 by Sanjay Agarwal 25 Dec, Rangpo:  Nainaam Industry, located at Makha, 12 Km from Singtam, boasts of placing Sikkim as a milestone, one step ahead in the self-reliant state in India through its very own gas production plant in the coming days.  Oxygen and Nitrogen, which are essential life-saving gasses for humans and industries, will be produced in Sikkim in January 2010. Sikkim depends on Siliguri, West Bengal, from where the gas is supplied. There is a frequent shortage of gas sometimes, sometimes due to the closure of the highway, which causes delays in arriving at the appropriate time for useful purposes.  According to the company CEO, Mr NK Agarwal, 90% of the plant components and fittings are being completed. Within the next couple of days, 10% will be completed, thereby allowing for final commissioning for a full-fledged production plant as a major production unit. It is projected that approximately 500 barrels of Oxygen and 200 barrels of Ni...

This photograph was taken from Subbiah sir's blog sometime back. He did tell me about some stone inscriptions found in the upper part of Pandam and since more stone inscriptions have been recovered recently, I found some lesser-known parts of Sikkim's history are set to unfold.

--> Every time i look for Sikkim in Google search, unexpected results greet me. My eagerness to learn more about my Sikkim gets a new level of excitation. Like most of the time, I like sharing information with people around, and this time around I am here sharing about "Music Of Sikkim (ABC LP) Music Of The Earth Series", a promo LP ABC Command from the Music of Earth Series.  The information collected from different pages of websites says that the music for "Music Of Sikkim" was recorded in Sikkim between December 1969 and January 1970. The LP contains 8 selections. Its label number is COMS 9002 ABC Command and published from Los Angeles. The Record was released in 1975. It is very exciting to note down the names of local singers of those days. The sample is as follows A1 Ceremonial and Folk Music - Lepcha Band Ceremonial Music 5:28 A2 Sukhbir (A Narrative Singer) 3:34 A3 Lepcha Narrative Song 2:53 A4 Tibetan Folk Song 3:49 A5 Sherpa...

  Rangpo, the gateway to Sikkim prepares for the Christmas PIC: Sanjay Agarwal

 FROM MY COLLECTION DUI THOPA AASU  (2005 2ND Edition) By M S Khan

 FROM MY COLLECTION Sikhim & Bhutan: Twenty-One Years on the North-East Frontier,  1887-1908 By John Claude White

        Wikipedia says:     Rabdentse was the second capital of Sikkim. It was shifted from Yuksom in 1670 by Tensung Namgyal, the second Chogyal (monarch). However, Rabdentse was too close to the Nepal border, which had cold relations with Sikkim. After repeated raids on the capital by the Nepalese in the 18th century, the capital was shifted further inland to Tumlong in 1793 by Tshudpud Namgyal, then Chogyal. The ruined capital is surrounded by thickly forested valley. It is nearby Pemayangtse Monastery. Rabdentse has also a bird sanctuary. This monument is declared to be of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India. 

Singtam:   Shital Pradhan and Roshan Prasad from Sikkim received the Sapphire award each at "Stampmania 2009", the First National One Frame Philatelic Exhibition held on 18-20 December 2009, organized by Baroda Philatelic Society, Vadodara.  Around 448 philatelists from India participated in the competition. The awards were categorized as Diamond, Ruby, Silver, Sapphire, Topaz, and Certificate of Participation.   Shital Pradhan received the award for his theme “Sikkim through Philately” in the ‘Not yet categorized’ category. In contrast, Roshan Prasad received the Sapphire award for his “Cricket – Indian Sub Continent” in the thematic category. Roshan Prasad represented the Sikkim Philatelic Society at Vadodara and received a special award from the organizing committee. Four Philatelists from Sikkim sent their exhibits to the national event. Sumina Parajuli received the Topaz Award, while Deepen Pradhan received the Certificate of Participation.  It is an honour for...

Singtam: An annual meeting of Singtam Newar Kalyan Sangathan was held on December 21, 2009, at Bihari Dharamsala at Singtam. A day-long function was held that discussed various topics for the betterment of the community. The new resolution passed in the meeting included a major presence of the Newari women from Singtam in the organisation towards a better society. Also included in the talks was the encouragement of the Newari language and Newari customs among the people. Newari members from Golitar, Manpari Busty, Sirwani, Toppakhani, Sang Khola, Bardang, Sawaney, Shanti Colony, Lal Bazaar, Mandir Line and Shantinagar attended the meeting. The organisation's new portfolio was also presented on the given day. The new body has TB Pradhan as the President, Saran Pradhan as Vice President, Mohan Pradhan “Neeraj” as General Secretary, BB Pradhan as Joint Secretary, Bikash Pradhan as Treasurer, Uday Pradhan as Store Secretary, Shital Pradhan and Ganesh Pradhan as Publicity Secretary, ...

Can anyone help me who is this person, he must be some officials from India, who visited Sikkim during the Chogyal's time. 

 Nanda Kirati Dewan, a journalist from Assam traces the origin of the Gorkhas in India. Many people have misconceptions about the Gorkhas in India - that they are foreigners and have migrated from Nepal. There could not be a greater mistake than this. The Gorkhas are in fact the aborigines of India and they can trace their history back to ancient times. The Gorkha community is the product of Indo-Aryan and Mongoloid assimilation from ages past. As a linguistic group, they can trace their origin back to Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman beginnings. In fact, the Gorkhas consist of both Indo-Aryan and Mongoloid racial groups. In the Mahabharata and Manusmriti names of Khasa are mentioned. They are in fact the Gorkhas. The Gorkhas spoke the language then known as Khaskura Khasas as a community existed in Nepal which it later changed to another ethnic name. The Lichchhavis, one of the aboriginal tribes of India originally lived in the plains of present Nepal. During the early centu...