Wiki Explores Sikkim - Phase I

Sikkim

Wiki Explores Sikkim - Phase I is a nineteen day event to document some areas in and adjacent of State of Sikkim, India. This event has been planned to explore the state of Sikkim and its various important places and monuments and heritage structures. For the first time Sikkim will be included in the Wiki exploration project. The monuments are not explored as much as they should be and there are not sufficient related media in Commons too. Hence a detailed exploration is needed to gather more related media in Wikimedia commons. This will help in providing suppoting media while writing related articles in Wikipedia. Since Sikkim is a vast state, we will conduct the exploration in multiple phases , begining with major parts of East and West Sikkim and to some extent parts of South Sikkim

Goal

1. Photograph heritage sites around Gagntok town, spots at and near Silk route, Temi, Namchi, Ravangla, Pelling and Rinchengpong
2. Upload media for the heritage structures of Sikkim in Commons.
3. Create / Update articles about the heritage structures in Bengali and English Wikipedia
4. Create / Update items in Wikidata

Date

Date: 17th April 2024 to 4th May 2024

Participants

1. Amitabha Gupta (talk) 22:33, 17th May 2024 (UTC)
2. Anjan Kumar Kundu

Itinerary

• 17.04.24 - Reach Bagdogra from Kolkata by Indigo flght. Bagdogra to Kartok by hired car. Night stay at Kartok

• 18.04.24 - Kartok to Lungchak by car. Night stay at Lungchak

• 19.04.24 - Lungchak to Mankhim. Night stay at Mankhim

• 20.04.24 - Mankhim to Agamlok. Night stay at Agamlok.

• 21.04.24 - Agamlok to Zuluk. Night stay at Zuluk.

• 22.04.24 - Zuluk to Gangtok via Gnathang. Night stay at Gangtok

• 23.04.24 - Gangtok Local Sightseeing by local taxi. Night stay at Gangtok

• 24.04.24 - Ranka & Rumtek Sightseeing. Night stay at Gangtok

• 25.04.24 - Gonjang & Samdong Sightseeing. Night stay at Gangtok

• 26.04.24 - Gangtok to Temi. Night stay at Temi.

• 27.04.24 - Temi to Perbing (Namchi)*. Night stay at Namchi.

• 28.04.24 - Perbing to Ravangla via Yangang. Night stay at Ravangla,

• 29.04.24 - Ravangla Local Sightseeing. Night stay at Ravangla

• 30.04.24 - Ravangla to Yuksom via Tashiding. Night stay at Yuksom

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• 01.05.24 - Yuksom to Pelling. Night stay at Pelling.

• 02.05.24 - Pelling local sightseening. Night stay at Pelling.

• 03.05.24 - Pelling to Yangsum,Rinchenpong. Night stay at Rinchenpong

• 04.05.24 - Rinchenpong to Bagdongra. Leave for Kolkata by Indigo flight.

Places to be covered

1. Kartok Monastery
2. Yakten Monastery
3. Tamang Gumpa (1.5kms from St Xavier's School)
4. Old & New Mani Lakhang (Machong)
5. Lamaten Gumpa.
6. British Cemetery
7. Rhenock Monastery
8. Lampokhri Lake
9. Gurung Gompha
10. Lingthum Monastery
11. Agamlok Monastery
12. Thambi View Point
13. Gnathang Monastery
14. Zigzag road
15. Old Baba Mandir
16. Tukla Valley
17. Elephant Lake
18. Yak Golf course
19. Baba Harbhajan temple (new)
20. Searathang War memorial
21. Changu Lake
22. Enchey Monastery
23. Sera Jhe Dro Pen Phen Ling Monastery
24. Decchen Choling Gumpa Tamang Gumpa
25. Tsuglakang Monastery and Temple
26. Do Drul chorten
27. Namgayal Institute of Tibetology
28. White Hall
29. Nandok Gumpa
30. Pabyuik Monastery
31. Ganesh Tok
32. Hanuman Tok
33. Ranka Monastery..
34. Lingdum Monastery.
35. Pal Karmae Sangha Duche Zimchung Gumpa Rumtek Shamarpa Monastery..
36. Nedo Chidu Chokhorling Monastery..
37. Rumtek Monastery and Dharma Chakra Center..
38. Urgen Pema Choling Gumpa, Burtuk..
39. Gonjang Monastery..
40. Tashi View Point..
41. Samdrup Shetro Lhakhang..
42. Samdong Monastery..
43. Nampung Monastery (If time Permit)..
44. Singtam Monastery
45. Bermiok Tokal Monastery
46. Palak Norbugang Monastery
47. Samdruptse
48. Ngadak Thupten Shedup Dhargey Choeling Monastery
49. Chardham Temple
50. Pathing Monastery
51. Tashi Gyan Palden Monastery (Near Yangang Helipad)
52. Bon Monastery
53. Budhha Park
54. Mane Choekhorling Gumpa (Ravangla Monastery)..
55. Old & New Ralong Monastery..
56. Doling Monastery
57. Kewzing Monastery
58. Tashiding Monastery (15-20 Minutes hiking)
59. Sinon Monastery..
60. Hung Ri Monastery (30 - 40 minutes Hiking)
61. Kanchenjunga Waterfalls
62. Khecheopalri Lake
63. Tashi Choling Monastery
64. Guru Rimpoche Hidden Cave..
65. Pemayangtse Monastery..
66. Rabdantse Ruins..
67. Geyzing Monastery..
68. Sanghak Choeling Monastery..
69. SkyWalk
70. Reesum Monastery
71. Rinchenpong Monastery.

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