Sikkim (Sik) (Hin): सिक्किम sikkim ‘New Palace’ From Lim: su, ‘new’; and Lim: khyim, ‘palace’. A local legend says that Sikkim’s first ruler built a palace and asked his Limbu speaking wife to name it – at least her rather banal response...
Nep: गान्तोक gāntōka ‘Snow Temple’ -City/District/Capital, Sikkim From Tib: gangs, ‘snow’; Sik: tok, ‘temple’. Sikkim was annexed by India in 1976. Gangtok (at an altitude of 1,650 m) is a Buddhist pilgrimage site and a centre for organised treks through the...
The ‘Seven Sisters’ are a family of seven states on the North Eastern Region (NER) of India: Arunachal Pradesh (ArP), Assam (Asm), Manipur (Man), Meghalaya (Meg), Mizoram (Miz), Nagaland (Nag), Tripura (Tri). Sikkim is usually included as a brother state....
