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

My outlook towards the Heritage Management Seminar-2 Singtam’s Heritage One of the interesting topics of the day (at Two Days Seminar on Strategy for Heritage Management for Sikkim organised by the Cultural Department at Denzong Residency) I really enjoyed was about the talk on Cultural Resource Mapping of Sikkim beautifully presented before the listeners. To be serious I never knew much about this till that day. The objectives of cultural resource management are the preservation, conservation and enhancement of cultural resources. Since being a student of Sikkim History, the topic of preservation and conservation too holds an important terms in my dictionary. While going through the presentation I was talking within myself did it featured the four historical landmark of Singtam. Here I am talking about the four monuments I wish the State Government could take interest on. These includes the Old Iron Bridge (1929), Toppakhani Tunnel (late 1920s), Pre-merger Sikkim Milepost and Old H...

The above photograph shows a rare milepost from Independent Sikkim's old transport days found alongside the National Highway 31A near Shantinagar, Singtam. Built during the British influence in Sikkim, Rangpo is 8 miles with the arrow pointed towards the left side, i.e., west direction. In contrast, the distance towards Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, is 17 miles towards the east. The calculation was so accurate than that even on this date, the transformation of 17 miles from Singtam to Gangtok is the same when it is converted into kilometers, i.e., 27.2km.