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

BB Lal was the first governor of the state of Sikkim. He was in office from 18 th  May 1975 till 9 th  January 1981.  Interestingly, the magazine cut-off reads BB Lal was given a warm farewell on December 30, 1980, in the presence of NB Bhandari, the then Chief Minister of Sikkim. The photograph mentioned above is the last one to be clicked in Sikkim. He then left for Nainital, which is now in Uttrakhand.   He became the first governor of Sikkim to have his residence at the heritage building of the British residency, which was also known as Barra Khoti and is now more popular as Raj Bhavan. LD Kazi was the Chief Minister of Sikkim when Lal started his tenure as the Governor of Sikkim. Before 1975, Sikkim was an independent Himalayan monarchy ruled by Namgyal Dynasty. In 1979, NB Bhandari became the second Chief Minister of Sikkim. Lal passed away in 2008 at the age of 91. Facts related to BB Lal: Most of the bazaars in popular places are cal...

Shabri played by veteran actress Sarita Devi was an elderly lady with low vision who waits for the visit of Rama as told by her guru at her hut in the jungle. Each day she goes to the wild and collects berry fruits to offer Rama. She would bite the fruit and keep the sweet berries aside and throw away the bitter ones. One day finally, Rama and Lakshmana visit the old Shabri at her hut.  Shabri could not hide her joy and offers her half eaten berries to which Rama smiles and eats.   Lakshmana becomes skeptics and says to Rama, the food is spoiled as it is half eaten. To which Rama says he would accept anything offered with such devotion. It was Shabri who tell Rama to meet Sugriva. Shabri is known for her patience of devotion in awaiting Rama which she finally attains. Born in 1925, Sarita Devi stated her film career in 1953 with Jeewan Jyoti that lasted till late 80s; an overall of 200 movies and four TV series. She was part of popular hindi films like Devdas (...

If the artistes portraying King Dasharatha and Queen Kaushalya were real time husband wife, we have the Rajda family of Mulraj and Sameer sharing the Ramayan Television series as King Janak and Prince Shatrughna. They were the father-son duo. Mulraj Rajda was an actor and writer in Gujrati theatre and films. He wrote the screenplay of Mitti Aur Sona in 1989 and Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar in 1973. Apart from that he also wrote and directed Gujrati tv serials. He passed away in 2012. His son, Sameer Rajda is one of a popular actor in Guajarati films. King Janaka was the adopted father of Sita whom he found on the field while ploughing at the time of terrible famine. Shatrughna was one of the two sons of Queen Sumitra; Lakshmana was his half-brother. Shatrughna was married to Shrutakirti and had two sons - Shatrughati and Subahu. With Rama in exile for 14 years, Prince Bharata also lived a life of a hermit at Nandigramam and ruled Ayodhya from there. It was Prince Shatrughna who ...

APRIL 6:   GANGTOK : The Sikkim government launched a portal ( www.covid19sikkim.org ) for circulating information on coronavirus outbreak at Tashiling Secretariat. The COVID-19 Centralized Information System has been developed by IPR, Govt. of Sikkim. GANGTOK :In a letter addressed to the President of India, Ganga Prasad, the Governor of Sikkim has decided to donate 30 percent of his salary for next one year to PM CARES Fund to fight against Corona outbreak. APRIL 7:   GEYZING : Indra Hang Subba, MP and Lok Nath Sharma, PHE Minister visited District Hospital Geyzing and inspected quarantine and isolation centers. Geyzing Girls SSS is made the isolation center where five persons were kept who had returned from outside the state. It was mentioned that ambulance was made available in all the eight primary health centre of the west district. Pic: Sikkim Express APRIL 9:   Different parts of Sikkim witnessed hailstorm on aft...