Comments on: RETHINKING ORGANIC SIKKIM: SOMBARIA AND SOMBARIA POTATOES https://sikkimproject.org/rethinking-organic-sikkim-sombaria-and-sombaria-potatoes-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rethinking-organic-sikkim-sombaria-and-sombaria-potatoes-2 The Land and Its People Sat, 09 Jul 2022 11:57:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lalitkumar Rai https://sikkimproject.org/rethinking-organic-sikkim-sombaria-and-sombaria-potatoes-2/#comment-139 Sat, 09 Jul 2022 11:57:36 +0000 https://sikkimproject.org/?p=4045#comment-139 Regarding the potato’s entry in Sikkim please see Kirkpatrick and Hooker. Their notes have now become so precious:
Kirkpatrick, An account of kingdom of Nepaul (1793) ... In the hilly parts of the country, the common potato (Solanum tuberosum) has been introduced …
Hooker, Himalayan Journals (1849) ... The potato thrives extremely well as a summer crop, at
7000 feet, in Sikkim, though I think the root (from the Dorjiling stock) cultivated as a winter crop in the plains, is superior both in size and flavour. ..

In my view the Nepalese settlers brought it with them from their home country. There are so many crops apart from the potato, especially paddy landraces (Takmaro, Thapachini, Birimful, Nunia, Champasari, &c.), ploughs and other implements, stall-fed husbandry, &c.

]]> By: Leeayong Dikki https://sikkimproject.org/rethinking-organic-sikkim-sombaria-and-sombaria-potatoes-2/#comment-138 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 03:10:04 +0000 https://sikkimproject.org/?p=4045#comment-138 I wanna write an article about the monastery which located little below Samdruptse Hills and it is known as Ngadak Gumpa.This monastery was basically built in the reign of Choygal Gyurmed Namgyal by Tensung Namgyal as the palace for her Highness Pendi Ongmu.It is also said that who ever visits
here has to make a promise to return again to the Gumpa.In fact the name,Ngadak itself means PROMISE.

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