State : Sikkim, India.
Best Time to Visit : March to May,
September to December.
Gangtok, a popular hill station within the eastern part of India, is situated at about 6000 feet above sea level and an important center for Buddhist culture and learning. Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim has emerged into the mainstream travel destination of the Tourism Industry, with increasingly more tourist coming to this little Himalayan state each year.
Gangtok has a population of different ethnicities for example
Nepalis, Lepchas and Bhutia, is administered by various departments of the Government of
Sikkim. Nestled within higher peaks of the Himalaya and enjoying a year-round mild temperate climate, Gangtok is at the centre of Sikkim’s tourism business.
The people of Gangtok have a strong bonding with their age-old traditions and customs. Despite of these, Gangtok is definitely not behind the rest of the world in terms of urbanisation - broad roads, flyovers, posh markets, state-of-art hospital, educational institutes, fast food outlets, discotheques, and all other modern amenities.
Gangtok rose to prominence as a popular Buddhist pilgrimage site after the construction from the Enchey Monastery in 1840. In 1894, the ruling Sikkimese Chogyal, Thutob Namgyal, transferred the capital to Gangtok.
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