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

28.09.22, Singtam: Members of Newa Bhay Bowneykuthi, Singtam Sakha felicitated their dancers who had won the 1st Runners Up Trophy at the recently held State Level Newa Folk Dance Competition at Indra Jatra 2022 celebration at Gangtok. The Singtam Sakha had won the third position at the Indra Jatra Rally Competition. In a felicitation cum coordination event, each dancer was presented with a memento, certificate and a 'kalli'. TB Pradhan, a Senior Member of Singtam Sakha, was the day's chairperson. He handed over the prizes to the dancers. Also, present on occasion was Hom Kri Pradhan, Vice President, Sikkim Newar Guthi. Another highlight of the day included forming an advisory board of NBB. Manoj Pradhan, General Secretary, gave the welcome speech while Ravi Pradhan was the host of the day. Gopal Pradhan, President, of NBB talked about musical instrument class during the winter session. He further emphasised celebrating the Newa Bhay Bowneykuthi's anniversary. In the sa...

Shri Aditya Tamang is a member of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly from the Soreng-Chakung constituency (2019 - Sikkim Krantikari Morcha). He is the son of Shri Prem Singh Tamang, the 6th Chief Minister of Sikkim.

  Jhulan Goswami is a right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed batter. She played 204 ODI matches, taking 255 wickets, and holds the record for taking the most number of wickets in Women's One Day International cricket. 

This #indrajatra2022, Sikkim Philatelic and Numismatic Society came up with the release of two postcards. The visitors were asked to post the selected postcard to the letter box. Each of them found the initiative nostalgic and down memory lanes.

  The Duleep Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India. It was earlier played between five Indian zonal teams – North Zone, South Zone , East Zone , West Zone and Central Zone on a knock-out basis. This year Northeast Zone team was introduced by the BCCI as the sixth team.    With the introduction of the Northeast Zone as the team that comprises players from Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Nagaland & Sikkim . They played their first-ever Duleep Trophy match with the West Zone (The best team) from 8th September to 12th September 2022 in Chennai . The game was drawn, due to the first innings led by the mighty West Zone helping them qualify to the semi-finals. Two players Ashish Thapa and Ankur Malik from Sikkim were part of the Northeast Zone first-eleven team coached by Dr Atul Gaikwad (the Director of coaching of Sikkim Cricket Association ). On the other hand, West Zone had a strong side led by Ajinkya Rahan...