Sikkim now exports to the world, ... Evenings are usually filled with official functions, or private parties, and the royal family has a wide circle of Sikkimese friends.

The following images are a selection of previously unpublished photographs from the private archives of the royal family of Sikkim. The collection, which dates back to 1875, ...

The Sikkim royal family had invited American photographer Alice Kandell to document their country in the '60s and '70s. Scroll Staff. May 16, 2015 · 11:00 am Read in App.

The 12th Chogyal(King) of Sikkim, ... she became the first woman of African descent to ever marry into a reigning European royal family. 5 / 7. Princess Ubol Ratana of Thailand and Peter Ladd Jensen.

Chief minister Pawan Chamling expressed grief. “Sikkim has lost a very able, wise and a distinguished figure in her death,” he said in his message. The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee also ...

There’s also Sikkim: Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom by the Scotsman Andrew Duff (2015), who was trying to trace his grandfather’s travel to the Sikkim Himalayas undertaken over a century ago ...

Now a 64-year-old monk, Wangchuk Namgyal was once a monarch of the Chogyal dynasty that ruled the hilly-state of Sikkim before its accession to India. Once crowned monarch, he now lives the ...

Culturally, Sikkim leans Buddhist, its rulers were Tibetan; historical links point northwards rather than to the south. Consequently, quite a few Tibetan monasteries nest in these hills.