Local comedian welcomes and greet the crowd during the
Sikkim Winter Carnival.
Sikkim gears up for its biggest event, Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014. The Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014 was jointly organised by Sikkim
Tourism and
Civil Aviation and
Government of Sikkim and was started on
Dec 14 till
Dec 19. The annual tourism festival is one of the most popular events in the north east circuit.
Main highlights are the various cultural events, music shows, arts and crafts exhibitions, unlimited adventure activities like paragliding, mountain biking, rock climbing and much more.
In order to promote Tourism, the Govt. of Sikkim has decided to setup a,
Tourist cum Socio-Cultural
Amusement Park at
Ranka. It islocated 15 kms. from
Gangtok coming up over sprawling 16 acres of land.
The project comprises of 24 tourist accommodations of traditional Sikkimese architecture,
Villa Club with bars, restaurant, indoor swimming pool, multi-gym, open-air theatre, children’s park,
Food Court,
Exhibition Halls showing arts, handicraft, ornament, musical instruments etc. It will have Centralized A.C in the
Reception cum
Information Center, Multipurpose hall, Amusement Park with
Rides, Simulators,
Musical Fountain,
Water Chute,
Closed Circuit TVs, laser-cum-video show on water screens,
Rain Forest Cafe, etc, along with all infrastructure developments works and tourism facilities.The small state of Sikkim is
East India, nestled among the Eastern
Himalayan mountains has an ace up its sleeve for tourist attraction.
The state has presented a mega tourism project which is a combination of provision of modern facilities combined with the cultural heritage of Sikkim. The project was open to tourist after
President of India, Shrimati
Pratibha Patil inaugrates Khangchendzonga Tourist
Complex cum socio-cultural amusement park at Ranka,
East Sikkim on
15th April.
The project is the first of its kind in the state of Sikkim. It was conceived in
2005 by the
Chief Minister of Sikkim and work started on the same in June
2006.
The park spread over 16 acres of land has many cultural attractions like the dome shaped Sikkim Panaroma, swimming pools, bowling alleys, colourful and musical fountains and laser shows. The Sikkim Panaroma houses relief features of important places of Sikkim including the state’s low lying areas and going higher up to Mt Khangchendzonga. These relief features are made from fiber glass. There are also murals of the ethnic communities of Sikkim in the Sikkim
Panorama along with traditional huts. Also in keeping with the serenity and surroundings of the region, the park has a rain forest café, a unique food joint with glass floors over a natural stream with lots of greenery.
Ranka also has other tourist attractions such as
Lingdum Monastery and Banjakhri Falls. Also with limited recreational and entertainment facilities in Gangtok, the locals can visit Khangchendzonga Tourist Villa cum park for their own entertainment benefit as well.
Khangchendzonga Tourist Villa cum Socio-Cultural Amusement Park is a pioneering standalone project of its kind, celebrating the many gifts Sikkim is endowed with. It is a landmark not only in the state but in all of
Northeastern India. It is the pride of the people of Sikkim and brings joy to visitors to this enchanting land.
Source: www.ktcranka.com
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- published: 21 Apr 2015
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