Sikkim

flowers · industry

Tree tomatoes grow as tall as a house at Bon Farmhouse in Sikkim. Tamarillo, is a small tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Solanaceae (the nightshade family).

wildlife

The Blue Tiger is a Danaid butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia. Closely resembles Tirumala limniace, Cramer, but is always sufficiently distinct to be easily recognized, even on the wing. From T.

music

Sikkimese artist performs folk song with Sarangi and Tabla during Winter Carnival in Sikkim. The saragi is a bowed, short-necked string instrument from South Asia which is used in Hindustani classical music.

ceremony · festival

Devotees gather in front of puja pandal, a worship place of Hindu Goddess Durga for the Durga Puja festival, in Sikkim.

ceremony · village

Prayer flags and Buddhist prayers at Kewzing Monastery in Sikkim. Kewzing Monastery : This monastery that stands near Kewzing in south Sikkim was constructed during the rule of Chogyal Thutob Namgyal. It is 5 km away from Ravangla.

architecture · hills

Military trucks crossing the Rang rang bridge in Sikkim. See the bridge sway sideways and vertically when the 3 and 5 tonne trucks cross over! The bridge is high in terms of the height from the river - not the altitude! This is said to be o…

music · river

Sikkimese artistes performs Nepali song during the Sikkim Winter Carnival. Sikkim gears up for its biggest event, Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014.

music · river

Crowd gather to be a part of the Sikkim Winter Carnival were local bands perform outstanding numbers. Sikkim gears up for its biggest event, Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014.

festival · hills

The yearly festival of Enchey is celebrated on the the 18th to 19th day of the 12th month of the Tibetan calendar (January).

festival · politics

The tableau depicts celebration of Buddha Jayanti in Sikkim, which is popularly called Saga Dawa. It is an important occasion which marks the Gautama Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and attainment of Nirvana or Moksha.

flowers

Spider flower is a tender annual that grows up to 5 ft tall. The palmate leaves are composed of 5 leaflets each 5-6 inches long. The flowers are deliocate borne in a cluster at the top of the stem.

flowers · industry

Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly the former sections Tsutsuji (evergreen) and Pentanthera (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in spring, their flowers often lasting several weeks.

music · river

Sikkimese band performs a Lepcha folk song during the Winter Carnival in Sikkim. Thanks to Adiel Lepcha for helping us identify the musician in the middle as Mickma Tshering Lepcha! And thanks to Vickey Palzor Lepcha, we now know that not o…

music

Sikkimese artist performs folk song with Sarangi and Tabla during Winter Carnival in Sikkim. The saragi is a bowed, short-necked string instrument from South Asia which is used in Hindustani classical music.

flowers · snow

How strange to see hot-house variety hybrid orchids with snow and a cold Himalayan lake in the backdrop - hardly an environment in which orchids would thrive! And yet - here is a Himalayan lake in the Sikkim winter with orchids brought outd…

festival · dance

Tibetan women dance to famous 'Panggyen metok' song composed by Tibetan singer Dubey during Red Panda Winter Festival in Sikkim. The women in this dance wear Chupa, the traditional costume of Amdo Tibetan people.

flowers

We found these beautiful ground orchids growing in early October at 9000 feet altitude in West Sikkim, among a luxuriant forest floor blanket of mosses, ferns, lichens and wild ginger, near Kewzing village.

monsoon

Chungthang is in central Sikkim and closer to the north. It is a gateway to Yumthang that heads further north and east, through Lachung village, and the norther regions of Lachen and Gurudongmar.

On the birth anniversary of Lord Gautama Buddha the state government took a policy decision to observe the birth anniversary throughout the year in Sikkim.

hills · flowers

Yumthang Valley is a beautiful valley situated in north Sikkim. It sits at an elevation of 3,500 metres above sea-level, so naturally home to many beautiful Himalayan flowers.

festival · politics

Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling visits Red Panda Winter Carnival in Sikkim, India. Chief Minister Pawan Chamling inaugurated the Red Panda Winter Festival- 2016 at MG Marg.

music

Nikita, local singer of Sikkim sings song Kaisee paheli zindagani' from film Parineeta at Sikkim Winter Carnival. This songs is from Bollywood film Parineeta. Sikkim gears up for its biggest event, Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014.

Given the long drawn contentious history of ties between India and China, a resolve to underline a new principle seems a positive step.