Explore Gangtok
 Gangtok Information |
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| Introduction : | ||||||||||||||||
| Gangtok capital of Sikkim. Gangtok is located in the south of the district of east sikkim. It occupies a rising ridge of the state. The hill resort of Gangtok is popular destination of India. Closing to Gangtok there are three popular viewing points offering panoramas of the Kanchenjunga Range. the tour of the hill resort of Gangtok reveals that the himalayas in the backdrop of the town. Gangtok is famous for the monasteries. Its the second small state of India. Gangtok is a picturesque clinging town with monasteries , parks, pagoda styles houses and colorful bazaars. | ||||||||||||||||
| History : | ||||||||||||||||
| No one knows how the Lepchas came to Sikkim, but their can be traced back to the animist Nagas of the Indo-Burmese border. Buddhism which arrived from Tibet in 13 th century took its distinctive sikkimese from four centuries later when three Tibetan monks disenchanted with the rise of the reformist Gelug -Pas, migrated south and gathered at Yoksum in western sikkim. Over the centuries territory was lost to Bhutanese, the Nepalese and the British. sikkim originally ceded Darjeeling to the east India company as a spa in 1817, but was forced to give up all claims to it in 1861, when kingdom was declared a protectorate of the British. After Indian independence, the reforming and intensely spiritual eleventh chogyal, Tashi Namgyal, strove hard untill his death in 1962 to prevent the dissolution of his kingdom. The chogyal remained as a figurehead until his death in 1981. Today the sikkim democratic Front forms the government of sikkim and while life in sikkim remains generally contended affecting the state infrasturcture. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Climate : | ||||||||||||||||
| Best season is to visit Gangtok is March to late May and October to mid December. | ||||||||||||||||
| How to get there : | ||||||||||||||||
| By Air : Nearest airport is Bagdogra | ||||||||||||||||
| By Rail : The nearest railway station are Silliguri, new Jalpaiguri, | ||||||||||||||||
| By Road : Good motorable roads connect Gangtok with Silliguri, Calcutta, Darjeeling and with Guwahati. | ||||||||||||||||
| Gangtok Travel Packages : | ||||||||||||||||
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India on Your Own Tours : India on Your Own Tour - 9 |
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Wildlife Packages : Wildlife Tour Package - 10 |
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