Sikkim

See a Red Lacewing and either a Large Silverstripe or an Indian Fritillary butterfly along with a female Purple Sapphire butterfly all taking in the warm morning sunlight in Sikkim, India.

Driving through the tea gardens of West Bengal, interspersed as they are with rain trees and shade trees, and the occasional village, one finds oneself in the lower hills of the Indian state of Sikkim.

village

Yuksom and Bakhim en route Kanchenjunga National park's higher reaches, Sikkim, India. Bakhim is a quaint little Lepcha village en route Dzongri and the upper reaches of the Kangchenjunga National park in Sikkim, India.

farmland · hills

Crossing over from Nepalese airspace into Bhutanese air space across Sikkim, India, with the distance peaks of western Bhutan looming large in the distance.

flowers · hills

Himalayan Spirea (Spiraea canescens or Spiraea bella) is in full bloom across the Himalayan region.

flowers · industry

Native to Mexico, Slipper Flower is a small and showy annual with divided leaves and spikes of puffy, pale yellow flowers. Flowers are about 1 cm or more, long-stalked, in branched leafy clusters.

flowers · industry

Snake plant or Cobra Lily in Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary near Yumthang, north Sikkim, India.

A view of the range west of Kanchenjunga in West Sikkim, as seen from Kewzing Village, with peaks such as Narsing, Rathong, Kabru, Frey and Kokthang.

hills · bazaar

Men walk with their yaks having pink embellished horns at a crowded market near petrol pump in Tshango, Sikkim. They might provide Yak safari to tourists around the market.

lake · river

Changu / Chhangu Lake in Sikkim: Tsomgal Chho or Tsomgo Lake in North Sikkim, India, in archival footage from the 1990's.

hills · snow

Fantastic Himalayan vistas as seen from near Kanchenjunga Base Camp trek in frozen snowed-under spring-time conditions in Sikkim. The milky way can be seen in clear skies from Base Camp.

Local Sikkimese girls perform Satyam Shivam Sundaram - Indian classical dance at Sikkim Winter Carnival in Sikkim. Sikkim gears up for its biggest event, Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014.

politics

Tourism department of Sikkim felicitates Honourable CM of Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling for his commendable initiative like Clean and green Sikkim, major development and beautification of all major towns and cities during Winter Carnival in S…

music

Sikkimese artist performs folk song with Harmonium and Tabla during Winter Carnival in Sikkim. A harmonium is a keyboard instrument similar to an organ. It blows air through the air vessels reeds, producing musical notes.

music

A local singer of Sikkim sings song 'Neele Neele Ambar Par' from Bollywood film Kalakaar at Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014. Sikkim gears up for its biggest event, Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014.

hills

A group of people, including children and a Buddhist monk, are seated inside a monastery room in Sikkim, India.

music · school

Sumi school students - Sumians - put up a great show in Sikkim! More accurately, the tunes being played appear to be the Skye Boat Song and Auld Lang Sine - both Scottish songs! A bagpiper band performs during the Sikkim winter carnival in…

flowers

Bristletips is a shrub to 2 m tall, with spreading, drooping branches. Leaves are elliptic acute, with 5-7 prominent parallel veins and numerous fine cross veins. Leaves have rusty star-shaped hairs beneath.

music · river

Bollywood number performed by Sikkimese singer during the Sikkim Winter Carnival. Sikkim gears up for its biggest event, Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014.

hills · flowers

Cicadas calling in the backdrop of this Sikkim forest, the Himalayan Holly blooms in grandeur with a bee pollinating the flowers of this shrub, also known in Latin as Mahonia napaulensis.

See a group of domestic trekkers hike out into the Kanchenjunga National Park area, below Yuksom and Bakhim in Sikkim. Porters carry large loads in baskets with support from straps across their foreheads.