Changu/Tsomgo Lake, SIKKIM, North East India

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While traveling in Sikkim last month I visited this place in the north of Sikkim near Sino-Indian border, but when we reached there the lake was frozen :smack2:





^roads to the Changu lake, most of the northern parts of Sikkim are under Army control


^Entrance to Changu Lake




^ Frozen Lake


^my Jaanu my darling my sab kuch sitting in front of the lake :kiss:


^from Sikkim you can view Kanchenjunga, the 3rd largest mountain in the world.

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Tumhe itna afsos kyon ho raha hai? Itni sardi mein wahan nahaney gaye they kia? :smilestar:

Nice pictures by the way, do you know if those houses etc. in the picture have electricity? And where do they buy the everyday use items? Any stores in the neighborhood?

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how was the weather there, was it tolerable? You didn't tell anything about your experience there other than there being an army presence. :) Nice photos

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dahh!!! itni barf doooor say nazar nahi ayee thee that u even bother to go there :clown:

ps. amazing pictures. thnx for sharing them :k:

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awesome pics
thnx for sharing

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tumhe abhi mere baare me pata hi kya hai mai to burf me bhi nanga late jaata hoon :aj:

Ya they do have electricity as well as internet + STD, ISD local call facilities. How can our army live without electricity :smilestar: ya they bring everyday use items from Gangtok(capital of Sikkim) it is just 40 km frm Changu lake.

ps: kisi ko batana nahi :fatee: Indian Tibet Nepal border se smuggling bhi bahut hoti hai

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weather was OK!! :hugz: coz i love thanda thanda, but i feel like suiciding in hot weather i just cant resist :no: you know we had to move forward to a place called Baba Mandirthat was just 15 km from Changu Lake but heavy snow fall blocked the road :teary2:. You know I had watched a interesting documentary in the Discovery channel few months back on Baba Mandir, the story goes like this…

**“Baba” Harbhajan Singh was a soldier in the Indian Army & worked in the Dogra Regiment during 1962 China-India War. This soldier died near the Nathula Pass in eastern Sikkim - India while on duty. Mr. Harbhajan Singh got drowned in a glacier during the 1962 China-India War. He was searched for everywhere & he was found three days later and was cremated with full military honours. Legend goes like this that Harbhajan Singh led the Search Party to his body, and later, through a dream, instructed one of his colleagues to build and maintain a Temple/Shrine after him. A shrine was built at his Samadhi in the hills. Army folklore holds Baba is a stickler for discipline and is known to admonish those who do not tow this line.

In the camp at Nathula Pass, a camp bed is kept for him and his boots are polished and uniform is kept ready every night. The sheets are reportedly crumpled every morning and boots muddy by evening. The Ghost soldier continues to draw a salary and takes his annual leave also. Legend also has it that in the event of a war between India and China, Baba would warn the Indian and Chinese soldiers three days in advance.

Chinese do also worship him & during the flag meetings between the two nations at Nathula Post, the Chinese Soldiers have also set a chair aside for the saint. Every year on September 14, a jeep departs with his personal belongings to the nearest railway station, New Jalpaiguri, where it is then sent by train to the village of Kuka, his hometown in Kapurthala district in Punjab.
A small sum is also sent to the mother of this Ghost Soldier each month. Ghost Soldier’s name still continues in the army’s payrolls, his mother has still been getting his salary cheques and he has also been given all due time bound promotions. Though it may look weird but it is true & Indian Army still honours this soldier like that.

After post death promotions, late soldier is treated as honorary captain. Ghost Soldier gets two months annual leave every year & a First Class berth is booked in the train in his name and his portrait, uniform and other belongings are brought by army officials to his native village Kuka in Kapurthala district for availing of his leave.

This year also under this annual drill, belongings of “Baba” Harbhajan Singh were brought to Jalandhar from New Jalpaigudi by Dibrugarh Express on Thursday night.
A JCO, a Subedar and an Orderly accompanied the belongings. The family of the late soldier received the belongings at the railway station and later proceeded for their native village. On completion of the leave the same team of the army personnel will escort back the belongings to the Nathu La region."

**now you know what it was like but i missed it… :smack2:

What do you consider a romance killer?
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hollowman :D

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hollowman, tell me that story with the whole ghost soldier isn't true. It just seems completely outrageous :biggthumb
wow but I wanna visit Sikkim too hopefully one day, I love cool weather and it's hard to believe that it gets that chilly in India...I can't wait to see it!!!

do you know what months there's spring or fall weather there?

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the story about baba harbhajan singh is true indopak…
i heard it when i was a kid…
jai baba harbhajan singh..:halo:

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:eek: :hayaa: :smilestar: :mad2: :emmy: WER HAVE U BEEN, Y U AINT BEEN ON GS 4 A LONG TYME :naraz:

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So they are all army people, or most of them, interesting :hmmm:

p.s. Jan burf par nanga lait-tey ho aur phir uthney ki koshish kartey ho, bohat dard hota hoga na :frowning:

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Evilmasterdimaag :smiley: howz you bander? :hula:

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Pesh hai mausam ka haal mohtarma :LB:

"Winters in the month of November to February are cold with minimum temperatures dipping to 4 centigrade during January - February. It is between the month of March and early May when sunshine is quite abundant. Though summer is officially from May to October, Sikkim is almost always wet due to the heavy monsoons."

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:hugz: Shadi ke baad life becomes busy na my chocha cha bacha :lb:

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Ab har jagha Army kabza kar legi to log kaha rahenge mere sir par :smilestar:

:aj: isme dard kaha se aa gaya :frusty2: burf mujhe nanga dekh kar hi sharam ke maare pighal jaati hai

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great winter landscapes! i haven't traveled much up north.. hopefully next time i can visit leh/ladakh and sikkim. i'm wondering if i should head there in the summer tho, as i really want to do some trekking and see that valley of flowers which blooms every 12 yrs only. how long did u stay there?

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thanks for googling when all the seasons are in sikkim, I was too lazy to do it...hehe

hollowman yaar, mujhe hindi aati hai lekin itni achi nahin, translation please of the part in bold. Waise whatever it means, it sounds really bootiful:biggthumb

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Oay Khali Aadmi … shaadi kar bhi lee aur humain bataya tak naheen :teary2:

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Nice pictures, thank you for sharing.
I don't beleive on Baba's story, someone is cheating whole department aur paisay bana raha. They should investigate this whole issue.
And why India fight all the time with her neighbors. :D