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

pic: Deepen Pradhan

photo shared by Kushal Pradhan, Rongli

Snow filled Road at Zaluk (East Sikkim) and the same route when there is no snowfall.

"Yumthang Valley is a grazing pasture surrounded by the Himalayan mountains in the North Sikkim district of Sikkim , India . It is at an elevation of 3,575 metres (11,800) above msl at a distance of 150 km from the state capital Gangtok . It is also home to the Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary, and has over twenty-four species of the rhododendron , the state flower. A tributary of the river Teesta flows past the valley and the town of Lachung , the nearest inhabited centre. Yumthang is closed between December and March due to heavy snowfall." -Wikipedia