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.

2005-02-27 04:00:00 PDT Sikkim, India -- "Undulating terrain" are the words my trekking... Trekking India's high road / Former kingdom of Sikkim has Buddhist villages, spirited porters and world's ...

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.

Wedged between Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan, it is home to Kangchenjunga, ... a viewpoint called the Goche La near the foot of 28,210-foot Kangchenjunga, which straddles the Sikkim-Nepal border. ...

The walls and floor of this ruinous city reveal a thousand stories of power and glory, and also carry the burning torch of the rich Indian heritage, which not many of us are aware of, writes Somen ...

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 ...

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 ...