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

             Tashiding Monastery: A sacred Guru Rimpoche blessed –III   Studying Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö:  ii Volker Dencks, a Frenchman, contacted me from my blog ‘ Proud to be a Sikkimese ’ and shared with me about the great Tibetan teacher in Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö. He said various biographies were floating on the internet, but they don't mention Jamyang Khyentse Lodro's time in Sikkim. He further added that he was sending me some information about Jamyang Khyentse, where he needed my help. The blog ‘ Remembering the Masters ’ on Jamyang Khyentse writes that  in 1955/56, Crown Prince Thondup Namgyal traveled to Lhasa with a special mission on behalf of India's Prime Minister Pandit Nehru: An invitation for His Holiness the Dalai Lama to join the celebrations for the 2,500 year anniversary of the birth of Buddha, which would enable him to forge international alliances, drawing...

Gangtok, July 26: Three French nationals charged with violating wildlife laws in the northeastern state of Sikkim were let off with a fine, saving them from punishment of up to three years in jail, officials Thursday said. A government official said the youths - two boys and a girl in their early 20s - were held by forest wardens over the weekend from near the Budang reserved forest, about 100 km west of Sikkim's capital Gangtok. "The trio were held with about 41 insects ranging from rare species of butterflies to moths. They also possessed equipment for collecting and catching insects," Sikkim's chief wildlife warden N. Bhutia told IANS. The three youths who claimed to be students from the University de Corte and hailing from Corsica in France pleaded innocent saying they were not aware of local laws. Under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, anybody found killing or trying to smuggle out, endangered species from reserved forest areas could face a max...