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Gangtok, a small city in
Sikkim, Gangtok is filled with different cultures, religions and
people existing in perfect harmony. Gangtok presents aperfect
examples for India and even other countries on how can people from
diffrent backgrounds and with diffrent casts and creeds can live
together in perfect harmony. Sikkimese always have shown a strong
bonding with their age-old traditions and customs, however as soon
as a person looks around in Gangtok hw is sure that modernity and
new worlds culture is coming into town.
The capital is definitely not
behind the rest of the world in terms of urbanization, with broad
roads, flyovers, posh markets, state-of-art hospital, educational
institutes, fast food outlets, discothèques, and all other
modern amenities that the heart can desire for present in numbers
here. One imposing manmade landmark of the town is the 200 ft-high
TV tower which overlooks the town and is situated near the Enchey
Monastry below Ganesh Tok. A leisurely walk along the Mahatma Gandhi
Marg is shopper's delight- Hotels, restaurants, curios, footwear and
almost everything is available.
City of Gangtok offers a lot of trinkets and tribal handicrafts
that can be bought and cherished from the streets as well as
showrooms that are spread throughout the city. Gangtok has started
to grow in terms of commercialization with new and more modern
hotels and shopping plazas coming around.
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Tourist Attractions: |
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, The
Tsuk-La-Khang, Orchid Sanctuary, Orchidarium, Flower Exhibition
Center, Government Institute of Cottage Industry, Do-Drul Chorten
(Stupa), Enchey Monastery, Ridge Park & White Hall Complex,
Tashi View Point, Hanuman Tok, Ganesh Tok, Himalayan Zoological
Park, Sa-Ngor-Chotshog Centre. |
