Tomichan Matheikal's blog

Beneath the motley of the clown, we are just ordinary human beings like you. The costume is only an appearance, a professional hazard. Blogger's note: These two persons, whom I met on the arterial M. G. Marg in Gangtok, were promoting Sikkim Tourism.  When I turned my camera on them, they posed happily and voluntarily for me. 

The bed of God Harbhajan Singh in the Mandir dedicated to him at Kupup, 16000 feet high on the Himalayas. Gangtok - Kupup: 60 km. But that road is closed right now. Take a 130 km stretch from Gangtok by a private tour operator and voila you're there at the Mandir which fulfils all your wishes! This is supposed to be the room used by God Harbhajan Singh! Quite a few decades ago. There are quite a few army trucks making their way up and down the 32 hairpin bends almost every day. Any day one of them could have transported a swivel chair. A cell in the Bunker Mandir, also known as Baba Mandir. The entrance to the Bunker Mandir.

Below is a handful of snaps selected from the two dozen that my camera captured from the perennial flower show in Gangtok. For the text related to my travels in Sikkim, please log on to: www.matheikal.wordpress.com

The Ban Jhakri waterfalls Below are some scenes from Ban Jhakri Park. The initiation of a boy by Ban Jhakri A fisherman below the waterfall [statue] Ban Jhakri heals a sick person The ropeway in Gangtok The Bakthang Falls A view of the M.G. Marg, Gangtok For the text on these places, please log on to: http://www.matheikal.wordpress.com/

Do-Drul Chorten, or the Stupa, encircled by 108 prayer wheels. The prayer wheels around Chorten Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, adjacent to the Chorten For the full text on my Sikkim travel, please log on to: http://matheikal.wordpress.com

A view of the National Highway from Siliguri to Gangtok. The day we travelled it was congested due to a landslide. Landslides are quite common on this highway which is considerably narrow in most places. . Another view of the Highway, taken from the cabin of the ropeway in Gangtok. The Rumtek monastery The Lingdum monastery Little monks being instructed at the Lingdum monastery For the full text on my Gangtok travel, please log on to: http://matheikal.wordpress.com