Sikkim: The Hidden Fruitful Valley

In no other places of the world is the void so richly colored, the mosaic so splendidly peopled as in Sikkim. From an independent kingdom to a robust state of India, the world of the Sikkimese under the benign shadow of Mt. Khangchendzonga, the third highest mountain in the world and revered by them as their guardian deity, is still a Shangri-La where Hindu and Buddhist shrines dot the sacred groves.