Sikkim
Kanchenjunga snow guardian, high Tsomgo alpine lake, and ancient Pemayangtse monastery chants
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Sights to see in Sikkim
Shri Viswa Vinayaka Mandir Rhenock
“Hindu temple in Sikkim, India”
Shri Viswa Vinayaka Mandir, also called Ganesh Mandir, is a Hindu temple of Ganesha. It is located in Rhenock, Pakyong district, Sikkim, India. Sri Viswa Vinayaka Mandir was inaugurated by Shri Dinesh Chandra, general secretary of Vishva Hindu Parishad accompanied by the former chief minister, Shri Pawan Chamling, at a beautiful landscape of Rundung Village in Rhenock on 3 October 2016. This massive religious infrastructure of Hindu accords 51 faces of Lord Ganesha, with 12 feet each 16 of them placed at corridor towards temple's main entrance. Adding excitement is another attraction is the ma…
Tso Lhamo Lake
“Lake in Sikkim, India”
Tso Lhamo lake is one of the highest lakes in the world, located at an elevation of 5,100 m (16,700 ft). It is situated in the Mangan district of Sikkim, India, about 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of the international border with China. It is fed by waters from Zemu glacier, Kangtse glacier or Pauhunri glacier, and is the source of the Teesta River.
Kanchenjunga
“3rd-highest mountain on Earth”
Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas, the Kangchenjunga Himal, which is bounded in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak River and Jongsang La, and in the east by the Teesta River. It lies in the border region between Koshi Province of Nepal and Sikkim state of India, with the West and Kangbachen peaks located in Nepal's Taplejung District and the Main, Central and South peaks directly on the border.
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Photo credits
- Khangchengyao: Carsten.nebel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
