Lingthem Lyang Homestay

Photo Credit: Pritam Pramanik Sikkim is always very close to my heart. I try to visit Sikkim once in each year. This year along with Lachung, Lachen, Yumthang and Gurudongmar we( a team of four families) got an opportunity to explore a placid, divine village of North Sikkim namely Dzongu. We did not know much about the place at the time of planning the trip. Most of the tourists prefer to stay in Gangtok after hectic North Sikkim tour. And this came as bliss to us a as we always prefer to stay in some calm, serene place rather to stay in a tumultuous, crowded city. And that’s why on the way back from Lachung we planned to stay at Lingthem Lyang homestay in Dzongu for two nights. The time we spent at our homestay along with the sweet experiences of exploring the small Lepcha village was the main reason that made this tour a memorable one. I have no words to explain the experience of our journey to reach the homestay on the top of the hill from the foothills in a rainy night. It was

Final manual transplanting of rice  Rice is a very important food crop that is the staple diet of at least half of the world's population so in this half of the world’s population we the Lepcha are included. Final manual transplanting is done on the flat land with clayey soil because this is most ideal for wet rice cultivation as this can help retain water. In hilly places steps are cut into the hill slopes to create terraces (flat land) for growing rice. The fields are then flooded with water channeled from small streams or obtained from direct rainfall. Ploughing and leveling of terraces The terraces (flat land) fields are first ploughed with the help of energetic and helpful oxen and the finally leveled by the villager. After leveling the fields, final manual transplanting is done and it ensures a uniform plant stand and gives the rice crop a head start over emerging weeds. Further, seedlings are established even if the field is not leveled adequately and has varia

Photo Credit: Johanna  Some of the most wonderful incidents of travelling we had in the homestay. You don't expect anything and you get one wonderful experience after another. Warm honest people deep curious conversations a stunning view of incredible snow covered mountains. Photo Credit: Johanna Huge slopes of calming green trees. Photo Credit: Johanna remote.waterfall Photo Credit: Johanna an lively interesting Lepcha Village intense new tastes of local foods herb and if you dare the notorious millet beer The notorious millet beer you curiousity will be rewarded and responsed!! We had an unforgettable and. recommend anyone to make this experience! Photo credit: Johanna Johanna Abel studying cognitive linguistics and working as teacher for German Language and Herinrich Abel working at administration studied law

Traditional Pulling of Rice Seedling  Transplanting is the most common and traditional method of crop establishment for rice in Lepcha cultures. Rice seedlings grown in a nursery are pulled and transplanted into leveled fields. This is done in order to get higher yields. Manual Transplanting is done most by people of the village itself with enthusiastic, passionate and vehement. They help each other for pulling and transplanting of rice. The village people enjoy working in the paddy fields by drinking testy organic millet wine. This method has been carried out hundred years to keep the Lepcha tradition alive. So come and see the Lepcha traditional rice farming and enjoy with the millet wine at Lingthem Lyang Homestay.

My Mom(Azee) is very curious to teach Finger Millet farming to my better half(Dechen) & Niece(Amimsha)  We the Lepcha called these crops as Kamdak(scientific name is Pennisetum glaucum) and Naho(scientific name is Sorghum bicolor). These crops are cultivated a lot by our grand parents & parents a very long long ago for different use for human and animals but now a day these crops are rarely cultivated and one can hardly see now a day so this is kind of waking up alarm and revitalizing the traditional crops. Bringing back a vanishing crops of vanishing tribes. Finger Millet farming Benefit of finger millet Finger millet has lot of health benefits like it help in weight loss, excellent source of calcium, regulating blood sugar levels, reduce cholesterol, good source of protein & amino acids, treating anemia, digestion, increase lactation and many more.

Goodbye and safe journey to our Delhi guest from  the staffs of Lingthem Lyang Homestay These three days with our Delhi guest Priya Naik, Dev Pathak & Prabuddh Pathak were very enjoyable. They were extremely helpful and productive for Lingthem Lyang Homestay and We are really thankful to them. A lot of Knowledge, stories, games & good conversations were exchanged. Now it's time to say goodbye, everybody at Lingthem Lyang Homestay wishes you a very nice trip and are missing you already. We hope you had a great time with us and that you'll come back soon! 

Photo credit:Tanmay Sen I and 3 of my friends with our wives visited beautiful North Sikkim in first week of may, 2017. We visited Gurudombar lake, Zero point, yumthang vally then on the way back we planned our trip to a serene, unexplored Lepcha village of North Sikkim, Dzongu. We stayed in Lingthem Lyang Homestay run by Sangdup Lepcha. As this place is a Lepcha village, we needed prior permission to go there. Sangdup arranged everything for us. This place has so many things to offer: Beautiful view of Kanchenjunga, the lush green paddy fields, Monastery(Men/women), beautiful lakes, water falls, Hotspring, hanging bridge, green hills, and above all calmness of nature. Here you can feel the beauty of nature. Photo credit: Tanmay Sen Photo Credit: Tanmay Sen The breathtaking view of Kanchenjunga mesmerized us. Ramden, the Magic man of the homestay, helped us in adventures trips around the mountains. We were mesmerized by the calmness of the monastery at the top of the mo

It is modest, but clean, comfortable, and overlooking the serene range of the Himalayas. Though photographs tell only half of the story, here are a few of the clicks that may give some ideas about how it looks and feels from the rooms at the home stay. This is right when you enter the premises of the homestay. You are greeted by our humility and salutation, while the mountainous surrounding welcomes you too. As you walk up, you notice the wooden exteriors with tender windows opening on the hills smiling and inviting you for an intimate stay. As you step inside your room, you notice the soft cushions, clean bed-spread, all that is needed, available inside the room, warm enough in the effect of wooded ceiling, floor, and window seals. and while you you are enjoying your stay in your room while looking at the green mountains through your windows, you feel like visiting our kitchen, another exquisite struct