Category:Gangtok
Gangtok (Nepali and Hindi: गंगटोक) is the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim. Gangtok is located in the Shivalik Hills of the eastern Himalayan range, at an altitude of 1,437 metres (4,715 ft). The town has a population of thirty thousand belonging to different ethnicities such as Nepalis, Lepchas and Bhutia. Nestled within higher peaks of the Himalaya and enjoying a year-round mild temperate climate, Gangtok is at the centre of Sikkim’s tourism industry, and a popular Buddhist pilgrimage site after the construction of the Enchey Monastery. In 1975, after the integration with the union of India, Gangtok was made India's twenty-second state capital. The precise meaning of the name Gangtok is unclear, though the most popular meaning is "hill top". Today, Gangtok is a centre of Tibetan Buddhist culture and learning, with the presence of several monasteries, religious educational institutions, and centres for Tibetology.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
Media in category "Gangtok"
The following 67 files are in this category, out of 67 total.
- A street dog snapped at M.G.Marg Gangtok.jpg 5,943 × 3,951; 14.52 MB
- Alstroemeria or Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas.jpg 4,000 × 4,000; 7.05 MB
- An assisted para glider about to land in Resithang ground, Sikkim.jpg 4,905 × 3,261; 9.53 MB
- An assisted para glider making a descent near Khel Gaon Resithang, Sikkim.jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 9.37 MB
- An para glider making a descent near Khel Gaon Resithang, Sikkim.jpg 4,905 × 3,261; 265 KB
- Azalea at Gangtok.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 6.77 MB
- Beauty of nature-Gangtok.jpg 4,608 × 3,072; 3.55 MB
- Bird's eye view of Gangtok City from Ganeshtok.jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 14.69 MB
- Blue Hydrangea (common names hydrangea or hortensia).jpg 3,237 × 3,237; 3.73 MB
- Chungthang View, Gangtok, Sikkim.jpg 5,984 × 3,376; 4.32 MB
- City of blinding beauty.jpg 4,640 × 2,610; 3.12 MB
- Closeup of Lilium 'Stargazer' (the 'Stargazer lily').jpg 3,193 × 2,463; 3.61 MB
- Closeup of Stamen and stigma of Lilium 'Stargazer' (the 'Stargazer lily').jpg 4,051 × 2,025; 3.55 MB
- Dar1 (376).jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 4.32 MB
- Devgrah.jpg 4,608 × 2,592; 4.55 MB
- Gangtok (8083965729).jpg 4,752 × 3,168; 9.89 MB
- Gangtok - Soft Chhurpi Seller.jpg 2,000 × 1,386; 2.01 MB
- Gangtok 100.jpg 6,840 × 4,560; 12.55 MB
- Gangtok 101.jpg 6,840 × 3,840; 8.58 MB
- Gangtok beauty.jpg 1,008 × 567; 118 KB
- Gangtok City Night View.jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 15.27 MB
- Gangtok diary.jpg 4,160 × 2,340; 4.08 MB
- Gangtok photo during monsoon.png 486 × 496; 171 KB
- Gangtok place.jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 995 KB
- Gangtok View Point, Gangtok, Sikkim.jpg 5,984 × 3,376; 3.66 MB
- Gangtok.jpeg 640 × 480; 77 KB
- Gonjang Doors - Pathway to peace.jpg 4,160 × 2,885; 7.99 MB
- Hi-Gangtok.ogg 1.2 s; 21 KB
- India P9291271 (16086670062).jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 2.4 MB
- India P9291349 (15901272699).jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 2.61 MB
- Kangchenjunga from Gangtok.jpg 4,320 × 3,240; 3.45 MB
- Lilium 'Stargazer' (the 'Stargazer lily').jpg 4,000 × 4,683; 5.84 MB
- Namgyal Institute of Tibetology Front Panorama.jpg 12,562 × 6,525; 51.81 MB
- Natural view in mountains 21.jpg 4,128 × 3,096; 3.7 MB
- Natural view in mountains 22.jpg 4,128 × 3,096; 4.02 MB
- Natural view in mountains 30.jpg 4,128 × 3,096; 4.33 MB
- Natural view in mountains 31.jpg 4,128 × 3,096; 4.02 MB
- Natural view in mountains 35.jpg 4,128 × 3,096; 3.55 MB
- Pink common foxglove or Digitalis purpurea.jpg 4,000 × 5,324; 5.23 MB
- Pink Hydrangea (common names hydrangea or hortensia).jpg 4,742 × 3,153; 5.83 MB
- Ram mandir Gangtok.jpg 1,704 × 2,272; 757 KB
- Ram Mandir Gangtok.jpg 1,688 × 2,272; 507 KB
- Ram mandir in Gangtok.jpg 1,216 × 2,026; 381 KB
- Ram Mandir in Gangtok.jpg 1,704 × 2,064; 466 KB
- Ram mandir.jpg 1,343 × 2,272; 508 KB
- River,Gangtok 07.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 371 KB
- Sikkim area map.svg 681 × 780; 212 KB
- Sikkim city scene from ropeway.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 6.95 MB
- Sikkimese Nepali women with jewellry, 30787u.tif 4,362 × 2,980, 2 pages; 37.22 MB
- Sikkimpolitical.png 354 × 534; 412 KB
- Street photography Clicked By Raj Ansari.jpg 4,032 × 2,268; 2.46 MB
- Sypraj Plaza in Downtown Gangtok.jpg 4,825 × 3,197; 10.41 MB
- Tashi Dadul in Gangtok, Sikkim (1938).jpg 235 × 190; 9 KB
- Tashi Namgyal in Gangtok, Sikkim (1938).jpg 228 × 173; 6 KB
- Tashi view point, Gangtok.jpg 4,208 × 2,368; 2.72 MB
- TNA Ground Artificial turf.jpg 1,024 × 768; 111 KB
- Top view of gangtok.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 2.69 MB
- View of Gangtok City from Crown Prince Tenzing Kunzang Namgyal Walkway.jpg 5,589 × 3,732; 22.03 MB
- View of Gangtok city from Ropeway.jpg 6,016 × 4,000; 21.74 MB
- View of Gangtok from Namgyal Monastery.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 2.91 MB