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The public and visual aesthetics of Sikkim are executed in shades of Vajrayana Buddhism and Buddhism plays a significant role in public life, even among Sikkim's majority Nepali Hindu population. Other religious minorities include Muslims of Bihari ethnicity and Jains , who each account for roughly 1% of the population. [ 141 ]
As of 2014, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Sikkim is the largest Christian denomination in Sikkim. [22] Muslims and Jains, who each account for roughly one per cent of the population. [23] The traditional religion of the native Lepcha people is Mun, an animist practice which co-exists alongside Buddhism. [24]
The Lepcha reservation in Dzongu valley of north Sikkim [22] [23] is threatened by dam construction. [24] The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee (SIBLAC), founded in 1999 is a tribal organisation that promotes the socio-politico-economic rights of the Bhutia and Lepcha people as detailed in Article 371F of the Indian Constitution. [25] [26]
The figures come from the Human Development Index Report, published in 2011, by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India [5] and Sample Registration Survey (SRS) based life table 2010–14. [6] [7] The report provides life expectancy at birth based on mortality rates in years 2002–06, 2010–14, 2019, and 2019-21.
A popular vote for Sikkim to join the Indian Union failed and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru agreed to a special protectorate status for Sikkim. Sikkim was to be a tributary of India, in which India controlled its external defence, diplomacy and communication. A state council was established in 1953 to allow for the constitutional ...
In Sikkim, during the festival of Losoong, often dance forms depict narrativized tales from the life of Padmasambhava or Guru Ugyen. Monasteries of the Bhutias dot various places in India, most notably the Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim and the Bhutia Busty Monastery or Karma Dorjee Chyoling Monastery in Darjeeling.
People from Sikkim by district (6 C) People from Sikkim by occupation (13 C) + Women from Sikkim (1 C, 1 P) M. Monarchs of Sikkim (17 P) P. People from Gangtok (39 P)
Limbu people (2 C, 39 P) M. Magar culture (1 C, 6 P) N. Novels set in Sikkim (1 C, 1 P) S. Sherpa culture (4 P) Pages in category "Culture of Sikkim"