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

SINGTAM, JUNE 29 : Students of Chisopani JHS went for an educational field trip in and around Gangtok on June 28. Escorted by Shital Pradhan, Monu Hang Khewa, teachers from Chisopani JHS, and Arjun Chettri, HM, Tadong Primary School, North Sikkim, around 18 students were visiting the state capital. Most of the students were visiting Gangtok for the very first time. They visited Hanuman Tok, Ganesh Tok, Himalayan Zoological Park, Tashi View Point, Smriti Van, Burtuk Helipad, Ban Jhakari Falls, MG Marg and Gangtok Lal Bazaar. The students echoed that it was the best day of their lives and that they would always remember their visit to the places they had been to in Gangtok. We saw Red Panda, the state animal of Sikkim that was limited to our school books; it looks like the size of a cat, said Mailika Lamichaney, one of the students. Birds and animals at the zoo were so beautiful, added Roshni Gurung, but I don’t want to remember the leeches out there, she further said. Niraj Rai, t...

RONGLI: SEPTEMBER 16 : Posakay Primary School under Regu BAC (E) conducted two days educational excursion with the theme “Lets Know Our Sikkim” on September 10 and 11, 2011 at different places of Sikkim. On the first day the team of Posakay Primary School visited Rabdenchi, Khechepalri, and Singshore Bridge in West Sikkim and halted at Central Martam (W). On the second day the school groups visited religious sites that included Solophok (Chardham), Shirdi Sai Mandir and Samduptse. They also visited Timi Tea Garden while returning back to Posakay.  27 students from classes three, four and five along with 5 teachers and Headmaster Amrit Thakuri had accompanied in the educational tour. The students visited and learned about different religious, historical and geographical regions of Sikkim and learned about their importance. According to the information received from Headmaster Amrit Thakuri, the students enjoyed the educational tour and were very pleased to visit those places that...