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Sikkim Travel Guide
Sikkim Travel Guide
Wrapped in mists and clouds. A garden state with an incredible variety of
orchids, rhododendrons, gladioli and a host of other flowers. Rustling,
tumbling streams and torrents. Mountain monasteries and quaint shopping
plazas. This is Sikkim.
The land of mighty Kanchenjunga. A
holiday land with few equals anywhere. This jewel -like mountain state of
ethereal beauty with an area of 7299 Sq. kilometres, nestles in the heart of
the Himalayas.
People : Sikkim has population of
about three laksh, made up of Lepchas, Nepalese and Bhutias. The Lepchas are
the oldest inhabitants of Sikkim. There is an old Lepcha legend that long
ago, the laughter of the Lepchas wafted into the sky and it scattered and
froze into shimmering stars. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Tibetans
arrived bringing with them the Red Hat Lamist tradition - Nying -ma-pa,
which became the dominant culture and official state religion.
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