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Balihang Tongnam: The Limbu mythology & our experience!

December 23, 2017 / 3 Comments

Balihang Tongnam is a festival celebrated by the Limbu (Limboo) community. Since childhood, I was fascinated by religious mythologies and stories. Hence, after a nice cup of evening tea, we sat with [Read more...]

Posted in: Culture, Guest Posts, Rajatabha Ray, Sikkim Tagged: Balihang Tongnam, Limbu culture, limbu culture in sikkim, Limbu tribe, Tribes in

The Limbu Community of Yuksom, West Sikkim

December 19, 2017 / 2 Comments

The Limbu community in Sikkim is a community of the first inhabitant tribes in the state. Now they have a population of around sixty-five thousand people. The first Limbus came to Sikkim and settled [Read more...]

Posted in: Culture, Guest Posts, Rajatabha Ray, Sikkim Tagged: limbu clans and tribes, limbu culture in sikkim, limbu language in sikkim, limbu tribe of sikkim, sikkim limbu song

Birding should be treated separate from Wild Life. Here’s why!

July 6, 2017 / Leave a Comment
tricoloured munia, rajarhat kolkata

What are the first things that come to your mind when someone says “Wild Life”?     Tigers and other animals or perhaps the greenery, isn’t it? Around 25% of people who were [Read more...]

Posted in: Birding, Birds in Central Park Kolkata, Explore Bengal, Explore India, Explore Kolkata, Monsoon, Photography, Root, Season, Sikkim, Spring, State, West Bengal, Winter Tagged: Bird Photography, Birding, Birding-Blogging Trek, Birds in Central Park Kolkata, Birds in Purbasthali, Birds in Rabindra Sarobar Kolkata, Birds in Rajarhat Kolkata, Birds in West Bengal, GoingWild LLP, Purbasthali bird photographs, Souranil De, Swarnava Nandi

What’s a Birding – Blogging Trek?

June 24, 2017 / Leave a Comment
birding blogging trek, kolkata bloggers

GoingWild and Kolkata Bloggers, while brainstorming, just clubbing the concepts of a birding trek and a blogging workshop together to check if people would like it. And the result is amazing! Thus [Read more...]

Posted in: Birding, Colours, Explore India, Photography, Root, Season, Sikkim, Spring, State Tagged: Asian Barred Owlet, Asim Halder, Birding-Blogging Trek, Dibyendu Ash, GoingWild LLP, Kolkata bloggers, Souranil De

Paragliding in Gangtok, Sikkim.

January 6, 2017 / 1 Comment
paragliding in gangtok

If you are planning your next Sikkim tour, I would strongly recommend you to try paragliding in Gangtok. For young travellers, adventure allures. I'd be honest, the first reason why I loved Sikkim was [Read more...]

Posted in: Season, Sikkim, State, Travel, Treks, Winter

Ropeways: Transforming Tourism Destinations.

December 24, 2016 / Leave a Comment
Trikut Ropeway

“Going to Gangtok? We have made the ropeways there. Meet the people and avail the services. It is beautiful!”. “Okay Mr. Chamaria, I would”, I murmured over the phone thinking to myself, how would the [Read more...]

Posted in: Colours, Photography, Season, Sikkim, State, Winter Tagged: Abhishek Chamaria, aerial ropeway manufacturers in india, Damodar Ropeways, Damodar Ropeways and Infra ltd, famous ropeways in india, Gangtok Ropeways, longest and highest ropeway in india, longest ropeways in india, Namchi Ropeway, passenger ropeway manufacturers in india, ropeway cable car manufacturers in india, Trikut Ropeways

Saga Dawa at Gangtok Sikkim.

July 30, 2016 / 3 Comments
saga dawa

If the Almighty restricts you from something, always know for a fact that something better awaits. I kept asking God, “What’s up? Why did you stop my North Sikkim trip? What would I do in Gangtok the [Read more...]

Posted in: Colours, Culture, Explore India, Festival, Monsoon, Monsoons, Photography, Root, Season, Sikkim, State, travel Tagged: Buddhist festivals in Sikkim, Saga Dawa, Saga Dawa Gangtok, Saga Dawa Sikkim

Photographs of Ravangla, Geyzing (Sikkim) trip.

February 21, 2015 / 1 Comment
sikkim tourism

  I've never been the beach guy ever ! During the sultry Kolkata summers, I prefer staying indoors testing my AC's ability to keep the temperatures as low as 16 degrees, if not lower. So [Read more...]

Posted in: Cham dance, Colours, Culture, Non Techie, Photography, Season, Sikkim, State, travel, Winter Tagged: Geyzing, Hills, north east india, Pelling, Pemayangtse monastery, Rabdantse, Ralang monastery, Ravangla, Sikkim, Sikkim tourism, Simptham, Travel destinations, Travel to Sikkim from Kolkata

Kayged festival and Cham Dance in Ralang monastery, Sikkim

January 6, 2015 / 3 Comments
cham, chaam, chham dance, Tibetan dance, sikkim dance, bhutam dance

The Tibetan dance “Cham” is quite familiar with people fascinated by the ever varying Indian culture. However, very few resources in English exist on the internet.  Having got the slightest hint of [Read more...]

Posted in: Cham dance, Culture, Exclusive, Festival, Sikkim, State, Travel Tagged: Black hat dance, Buddhist custom, Cham, Cham dance costumes, Cham dance mask, Cham dance photographs, cham mask, chham dance, chham dance sikkim, chham festival, chham festival sikkim, Folk culture, Folk dance, Kaged festival, Kagyat festival, Karma Lama, Karmapa Mahakala Dance, Mahakala Dance, Masked Dances, Tibetan dance

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