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Baba Mandir in May
The shrine of a soldier who never left his post.
Quick answer. Late spring. One of the two best windows; pre-monsoon build late in the month. For Baba Mandir specifically, May is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Honours
- Sepoy Harbhajan Singh
- Altitude
- About 13,000ft
- Circuit
- Tsomgo-Nathula day run
- Month
- May, Sikkim
- This month
- Late spring.
Why May here
High-altitude memorial to Sepoy Harbhajan Singh, kept stocked by army convoys on the Nathula road.
Baba Mandir honours Sepoy Harbhajan Singh of the Punjab Regiment, who died near the pass in 1968 and lives on in regimental legend: his shrine sits at about 13,000ft, and army convoys still bring his belongings for ritual rotation. It falls on the Tsomgo-Nathula circuit, permit-zone territory.
What to do
The legend
The soldier who is still on duty.
Elsewhere in Sikkim in May
The wider Sikkim calendar this month: Saga Dawa (lunar, May-Jun, major monastery festival). Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
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Baba Mandir in May, planned properly
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