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Tsomgo Lake or Changu Lake is a glacial lake in the district of  East Sikkim , Sikkim , India.  It is situated about 38 km away from Gangtok , the capital of Sikkim at an elevation of 12,400 ft. The length, width and average depth of this lake is respectively Nearly 1 km, 0.5 km and 50 ft (15 m). In Bhutia Language ‘ TSO ’ means    Lake and ‘ MGO ’  means  Head. In Bhutia language 'Tsomgo' means 'source of the water' or 'Source of Lake'.The lake gets filled with water from the melting snows of the mountains surrounding the lake.This glacial lake is conceived sacred by the local people. It is a famous tourist destination in North or North-East India.According to the myth, the spirituals gurus of Sikkim used to study the colour of the water of  Tsomgo Lake to forecast the future of the state. So the lake is considered as sacred by the local people. During the winter months the Tsomo Lake becomes frozen. Tsomgo Lake gets frozen in...

Candle Light A Part of ‪ ‎Kanchenjunga Water fall ,   Near Pelling, ‪‎West Sikkim, India. A little boy Picking Flowers of Kans grass (Saccharum spontaneum) Delightful Birthday Cake                                                                                     Mehendi on Wedding Ceremony Threshing or separating paddy from straw. Earthen Lamp Enlightened Chandelier enlightening surrounding Smaller things with bigger value ... A 1.5 cm. long Spider is killing a small cockroach . Earthen Lamp Spotted surface of the Full-Moon [Hand-held] Jungle Babbler ( Turdoides striatus ) Ducks Reflection of lights of a city at night on River  Hoogly . I c...

                                                                           A Squirrel is eating kernel  In the lap of Nature there are many beautiful creations as nature does nothing in vain. Squirrels are one of the kinds of most beautiful yet small creatures in our surroundings. Squirrels are social animal and rodents that have long bushy tails. In general, their fur is soft and silky, although much thicker in some species than others. The color of squirrels is highly variable between—and often even within—species. Squirrels are small but the African pygmy squirrels (10 centimeters long) are the smallest .  The largest are the giant squirrels (90 centimeters long and weigh 3 kilograms) of Asia .  In many cities squirrels are seen more often than any other wild mammal...

                                                                              Jumping Spider captured a cockroach Spiders are the very common eight legged arthropods seen in our house / surroundings, even these can be seen on the slopes of Mount Everest. Jumping spider is a type of spider. The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders. Jumping Spiders are generally carnivorous animal and have body length between 1 to 22 mm. These spiders can be found in gardens, walls of our resident or buildings, forests, etc. Jumping Spiders generally hunts small and large insects to collect their body fluid as food. But many species have been known to include nectar in their diets , and very s...

'BURIMAA' , Chasapara , Krishnagar  City , West Bengal , India  The idol of Jagaddhatri of Chasapara Barowari is the oldest one in Krishnagar and is well-known as ‘ BURIMAA ’. It is said that , in the year 1763   Raja (King)  Krishna Chandra Ray started  worshiping  goddess Jagaddhatri  in Krishnagar for the first time in  his own Royal Palace (Rajbari) .  The Jagaddhatri Puja at Chasapara Barowari was started in 1772 followed by its beginning at The Royal family of Krishnagar Rajbari the Jagaddhatri Puja in Krishnagar takes place on the ‘ Sukla Nabam ’ day of Bengali month  ‘ Kartik ’ and is one day’s celebration. The idol of  ‘ BURIMAA ’ is being adorned with huge amount of gold and silver ornaments in the previous (whole night) night of the Puja . Ornaments of  ‘i BURIMAA ’ are kept inside the locker of a local bank and as ritual those are brought back to ‘ Chasapara Barowari ’ from the bank b...