Darjeeling Sikkim

8,586 m

Kanchenjunga

Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

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 an…

7,780 m

Zemu Gap Peak

Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

Zemu Gap Peak or Zemu Peak is a peak on a high ridge running east of the south summit of Kangchenjunga in the Himalayas. It is located in Sikkim, India

7,366 m

Kirat Chuli

Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

Kirat Chuli or Tent Peak is a mountain in the Himalayas. It lies on the border between Nepal and India.

7,350 m

Gimmigela Chuli

Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

Gimmigela Chuli, or The Twins, are two-peak mountains in the Himalayas, located on the border between Taplejung, Mechi, Nepal and Sikkim, India.

7,128 m

Pauhunri

Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

Pauhunri is a mountain in the Eastern Himalayas. It is located on the border of Sikkim, India and Tibet, China and is situated about 75 km northeast of Kangchenjunga. It marks the origin of the Teesta River.

Shudu Tsenpa is a mountain in the Himalayas, on the border between Sikkim in India and Tibet in China. It is 7,024 m (23,045 ft) above sea level and has a promience of 547 m (1,795 ft). It is one of the highest unclimbed mountains in the…

6,889 m

Khangchengyao

Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

Khangchengyao is a mountain peak located at 6,913 m (22,680 ft) north-west of Yumesodong, North Sikkim in the Eastern Himalayas.

6,888 m

Siniolchu

Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

Siniolchu is one of the tallest mountains of the Indian state of Sikkim. The 6,888 metres (22,598 ft) mountain is considered to be particularly aesthetically attractive, having been described by Douglas Freshfield as "the most superb tri…

6,691 m

Mount Pandim

Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

Mount Pandim is a Himalayan mountain located in Sikkim, India. It has an elevation of 6,691 m (21,952 ft) above sea level.

Chombu is a mountain peak with elevation 6,362 m (20,873 ft) located in the north of Sikkim, India.

6,224 m

Sanglaphu

Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

Sanglaphu is a mountain peak location at 6,224 m (20,420 ft) in northeast of Sikkim, India.

5,889 m

Mount Frey

Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

Mount Frey is a mountain peak location at 5,889 m (19,321 ft) in northwest of Sikkim, India.

5,868 m

Lamo Angdang

Peak · Darjeeling Sikkim

Lamo Angdang is a mountain in the Eastern Himalayas, located in the west of Sikkim. Its elevation above sea level is 5,888m.

4,950 m

Goecha La

Pass · Darjeeling Sikkim

Goecha La is a high mountain pass in Gyalshing district, Sikkim, India in the Himalaya range. The southeast face of Kanchenjunga, the world's third highest mountain, can be viewed from the pass, which is also a base camp for those aspiri…

4,310 m

Nathu La

Pass · Darjeeling Sikkim

Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Dongkya Range of the Himalayas between China's Yadong County in Tibet, and the Indian states of Sikkim. The pass, at 4,310 m (14,140 ft), connects the towns of Kalimpong and Gangtok to the villages and …

1,800 m

Yuksom

Village · Darjeeling Sikkim

Yuksom, also spelt Yuksum, is a historical town about 40 km north of Gyalshing in the Gyalshing district, in the northeast Indian state of Sikkim. It was the first capital of the Kingdom of Sikkim, established in 1642 by Phuntsog Namgyal…

Lonak Glacier is one of the three major glaciers of Sikkim, in the Himalaya range in the north-east of India.

tributary of Zemu Glacier

Teesta Khangtse Glacier or Tista Khangtse Glacier is located in the north of Sikkim, India, in a region bordering Tibet. This valley glacier is the primary source of the Teesta River.

4,700 m

Rathong Glacier

Glacier · Darjeeling Sikkim

Rathong is a glacier in West Sikkim district of India. It is the source of the Rathong river and extends from Rathong La in the north, to the top of Chowrikiang Valley in the south. It is fed by Mt. Rathong and the ice falls of the Kabru…

5,148 m

Gurudongmar Lake

Lake · Darjeeling Sikkim

Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world and in India, at an elevation of 5,430 m (17,800 ft) according to the Government of Sikkim. It is located in the Great Himalayas in the Mangan district in Indian state of Sikkim, …

1,798 m

Khecheopalri Lake

Lake · Darjeeling Sikkim

Khecheopalri Lake, originally known as Kha-Chot-Palri, is a lake located near Khecheopalri village, 147 kilometres (91 mi) west of Gangtok in the West Sikkim district of the Northeastern Indian state of Sikkim.

Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary

Protected Area · Darjeeling Sikkim

Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary is a 51 km2 (20 sq mi) large wildlife sanctuary in Gangtok district of the state of Sikkim in India. It is contiguous with Khangchendzonga National Park and located around 30 km (19 mi) west of Gangtok. It …

Khangchendzonga National Park

Protected Area · Darjeeling Sikkim

Khangchendzonga National Park is a national park and part of the Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve in Sikkim, India. It was inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in July 2016, becoming the first "Mixed Heritage" site of India…

Kitam Bird Sanctuary is a protected area and wildlife sanctuary located about 19 km (12 mi) Namchi in the Namchi district of the Indian state of Sikkim. It was declared as a protected area on 3 February 2005.

Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife reserve located in Ravangla, near Namchi City in the Namchi district of the Indian state of Sikkim covering an area of around 35 square kilometres (14 sq mi). The literal meaning of maenam-la is "t…

Neora Valley National Park

Protected Area · Darjeeling Sikkim

Neora Valley National Park is a national park in Kalimpong district, West Bengal, India that was established in 1986. Spread over an area of 88 km2 (34 sq mi), it is a rich biological zone in eastern India. It is the land of the red pand…

Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary

Protected Area · Darjeeling Sikkim

Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary encompassing an area of 124 km2 (48 sq mi) in the Pakyong District of the Indian state of Sikkim. It was established in 2002 and includes the hamlets of Aritar, Dakline Lingtam, Phada…

Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary is a nature park in the Indian state of Sikkim. It has forty species of rhododendron trees. It is located in the Yumthang Valley of Flowers north of Lachung in North Sikkim district. Bird species found in t…

Singalila National Park

Protected Area · Darjeeling Sikkim

Singalila National Park is a national park of India located on the Singalila Ridge at an elevation of more than 2,300 metres above sea level, in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. It is well known for the trekking route to Sandakphu…

Sumin Reserve Forest is located about 20 km from Rangpo town in Pakyong District of the Sikkim state in India.

Varsey Rhododendron Sanctuary

Protected Area · Darjeeling Sikkim

The Varsey Rhododendron Sanctuary or Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary occupies 104 km2 in the Singalila Range in western Sikkim. It borders on Nepal to the west, and the state of West Bengal to the south across the Rambong Khola stream. The…

Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Gangtok district, Sikkim, India. It is situated around the area adjoining Lake Tsomgo and covers an area of about 31 km2 (12 sq mi). It harbours orchids and rhododendrons interspersed am…

Dubdi Monastery

Monastery · Darjeeling Sikkim

Dubdi Monastery, occasionally called Yuksom Monastery, is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism near Yuksom, in the Geyzing subdivision of West Sikkim district, in Northeastern India. The Chogyar Namgyal established the first monastery known as the Dubdi Monastery in 1701, at Yuksom in Sikkim, which is part of Buddhist religious pilgrimage circuit involving the Norbugang Chorten, Pemayangtse Monastery, the Rabdentse ruins, the Sanga Choeling Monastery, the Khecheopalri Lake and the Tashiding Monastery. Established in 1701, it is professed to be the oldest monastery in Sikkim and is located on the top of a hill which is about an hour's walk (3 kilometres (1.9 mi)) from Yuksom. It was also known as the Hermit's Cell after its ascetic founder Lhatsun Namkha Jigme, who along with two other lamas from Tibet met at Norbugang near Yuksom and crowned Phuntsog Namgyal as…

Enchey Monastery

Monastery · Darjeeling Sikkim

The Enchey Monastery was established in 1909 above Gangtok, the capital city of Sikkim in the Northeastern Indian state. It belongs to the Nyingma order of Vajrayana Buddhism. The monastery built around the then small hamlet of Gangtok became a religious centre. The location was blessed by Lama Drupthob Karpo, a renowned exponent of tantric (adept) art in Buddhism with flying powers; initially a small Gompa was established by him after he flew from Maenam Hill in South Sikkim to this site. The literal meaning of Enchey Monastery is the "Solitary Monastery". Its sacredness is attributed to the belief that Khangchendzonga and Yabdean – the protecting deities – reside in this monastery. As, according to a legend, Guru Padmasambhava had subdued the spirits of the Khangchendzonga, Yabdean and Mahākāla here. In view of this legend, the religious significance of Enchey Monastery is deeply in…

Rumtek Monastery

Monastery · Darjeeling Sikkim

Rumtek Monastery (Tibetan: རུམ་ཐེག་དགོན་པ་, Wylie: rum theg dgon pa), also called the Dharma Chakra Centre, is a gompa located in the Indian state of Sikkim near the capital Gangtok. It is the seat in exile of the Gyalwang Karmapa, inaugurated in 1966 by the 16th Karmapa. It is also a focal point for the sectarian tensions within the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism that characterize the 17th Karmapa controversy.

Tashiding Monastery

Monastery · Darjeeling Sikkim

Tashiding Monastery (Sikkimese: བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྡིངས་དགོན་པ་, Wylie: bkra shis sdings dgon pa) is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Tashiding, about 27 km from Gyalshing city in Gyalshing district in northeastern Indian state of Sikkim. which is the most sacred and holiest monasteries in Sikkim. It is described as the "Heart of Sikkim/Denzong", citing to its importance of religious sacredness. It is located on top of the hill rising between the Rathong chu and the Rangeet River, 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Gyalshing and 19 kilometres (12 mi) to the south east of Yuksam. The annual festival of Bumchu, meaning ~Holy water~ takes place on the 14th and 15th of the 1st month of Tibetan lunar calendar, often around the months of February and March. The festival is believed to predict the upcoming forecasts and events for Sikkim in the coming year. Undoubtedly, one of …

Yiga Choeling Monastery

Monastery · Darjeeling Sikkim

Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its 15 feet (4.6 m)-high statue of the Maitreya Buddha. The external structure of the building was established in 1850 by the Mongolian astrologer and monk Sokpo Sherab Gyatso, who was head of the monastery until 1905. In 1909, Kyabje Domo Geshe Rinpoche Ngawang Kalsang, popularly called Lama Domo Geshe Rinpoche, succeeded Sherab Gyatso as the head. It was he who commissioned the statue of the Maitreya Buddha, and he remained head until 1952. During the Chinese occupation of 1959 in Tibet many high ranking abbots fled to India and took refuge in the monastery. In 1961, Dhardo Rimpoche became head of the Yiga Choeling monastery Ghoom, Darjeeling. He died in 1990 and three years later, a boy named Tenzin Legshad Wangdi was recognised as his reincarnation…

The Pemayangtse Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Pemayangtse, near Gyalshing city in Gyalshing district in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, located 6 km from Gyalshing city, the district headquarters, 110 km west of Gangtok. Planned, designed and founded by Lama Lhatsun Chempo in 1647, it is one of the oldest and premier monasteries of Sikkim, also the most famous in Sikkim. Originally started as a small Lhakhang, it was subsequently enlarged during the reign of the third Chogyal Chakdor Namgyal and Khenchen Rolpai Dorjee in the year 1705 and consecrated by the third Lhatsun Chenpo Dzogchen Jigme Pawo in the year 1710 C.E. The monastery follows the Nyingma Order of Tibetan Buddhism and controls all other monasteries of that Order in Sikkim. The monks of this monastery are normally chosen from the Bhutias of Sikkim. The monastery was built for "pure monks" (ta-tshang) mean…