Sikkim has maintained a formal climbing ban atop not just Kangchenjunga but also eight other sacred peaks since 2001. However, ascents are made from time to time from the Nepalese side of ...

Sikkim route rarely climbed. Kangchenjunga lies in the northeastern corner of Nepal on the border with Sikkim (India) and is also very close to Tibet. The peak has four main climbing routes.

KANGCHENJUNGA SUMMIT BANNED UNDER PLACES OF WORSHIP ACT. Sikkim, in 2001, banned expeditions to "Mount Khangchendzongna" under the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

Kangchenjunga is of great religious significance to people in both Sikkim and Nepal. In legend, the mountain is home to the Dzo-nga, a yeti-like deity who lives atop the peak.

Gangtok, The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee on Saturday appealed to the Nepal government and the Nepal Mountaineering Association to immediately halt a planned expedition to Mt Kangchenjunga ...

Sikkim has invested heavily on hydropower projects, with more than 35 cascade schemes on the Teesta and its tributaries that drain Mt Kangchenjunga, the world’s third highest mountain. There are no ...

GUWAHATI: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, expressing concern over the scaling of the “sacred Mount Khangchendzonga” (Mount Kangchenjunga ...

From the legendary Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker who explored Sikkim and the Kangchenjunga region in 1848-1850 to Sarat Chandra Das who was an explorer, engineer, spy, scholar and was obsessed with Tibet ...

At least 10 people have been killed in India’s state of Sikkim and 82 others, including 23 army personnel, ... Kangchenjunga, had shrunk by nearly two-thirds in size overnight, ...

An area hit by flooding unleashed by a glacial lake bursting its banks is seen in an undated handout image released Oct. 4, 2023, in Sikkim, India. India Army/Handout/REUTERS ...

Authorities in Sikkim, India, are demanding that Kangchenjunga, the world's third highest peak, be banned to climbers out of respect for local deities. Kangchenjunga sprawls between Nepal and ...