Sikkim Earthquake – A Tragedy

On Sunday September 18 2011 at around 18:31 hrs disaster struck Sikkim and nearby areas as a destructive earthquake of the magnitude of 6.8 Richter scale shook the state. The epicenter of the earthquake was 19.8 kms beneath the earth’s surface at Mangan (in green letters in map) approximately 68 kms from the capital Gangtok at the heart of Sikkim. The earthquake was so powerful that the tremors were felt 1500 kms away here at New Delhi. Sikkim...

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Sikkim Sojourn Part 6 - Seven Sisters Falls

On the road to GuruDongmar Lake via Lachen I came across this extremely captivating waterfall named the Seven Sisters Falls. One of the most prominent features is the intensity of this water fall and the dull roar caused by the water crashing on the rocks. This falls are named so because it is said to fall in Seven stages.. The point from where we saw the falls we could see only three of them.. Our loss.. Here are some snapshots :- Falls...

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