Mayfair Gangtok Spa Resort & Casino

Mayfair at Night

It was in year 2007 I saw this HOTEL and it is my choice to have dinner here...When I saw this hotel for the first time I thought it is a Sikkim Assembly House..haha....Recently Indian Bollyhood actor Govinda had tour to Sikkim and he held here only....

History of Sikkim
The abode of the mighty Khangchendzonga and a majestic kingdom, Sikkim is beautiful in every sense of the word. Land of culturally diverse people, flora & fauna, home to unique species such as red panda, the Himalayan tahr, blue sheep, snow leopard and the Himalayan beer along with the snowy peaks, mountains, roaring white water rivers, gentle streams & mighty falls, monasteries giving solace to mind & souls, all these make Sikkim a wonderful heaven on the earth.

Mayfair Gangtok Spa Resort & Casino:
The latest addition to the Mayfair Group of Hotels is Mayfair Gangtok which is a 5 star Deluxe Spa & Casino Resort located amidst 48 acres of forest pine and woods. The resort is built with Mayfair's signature 'neo colonial' architectural style with a Bhuddist theme to it. Its world class SPA and the first full fledged on-shore casino in India are additional in making this new resort the number one desitination for luxury travellers to India's North East.The Spa Resort aspires to offer individual guests an experience of being surrounded by nature, blending it with lavish luxury in the abode of the Gods. The resort, built on the theme of monastery, has a unique blend of Sikkimese architecture and modern amenities.

Facilities:
Room Facilities:
• Furnished sit outs
• DVD Player and plasma TV
• Cable connection
• Private bar
• Electronic safety deposit vault
• Wi-Fi internet connectivity
• Tea coffee maker
• Telephone with ISD & STD
• Executive work desks

Bath Room Facilities:
• Walk-in powder shower and mist-free mirrors
• Luxury cotton bathrobes
• Hairdryer
• 24 hrs running hot/cold water

General services:
• Concierge
• In-room dining
• Butler service
• Valet & Laundry service
• Baby sitting
• Currency exchange
• Travel services
• Secretarial services
• Doctor on call
• Money exchange
• Left luggage service
• Wi-Fi to be mentioned in selected areas

Leisure facilities:
• Spa
• Fitness center
• Deep pool
• Electronic gaming arcade
• Pool & Billiard
• Children’s play ground
• Children’s nursery
• Adventure tours
• Nature trails
• Daily recreational activities

Room Security Measures:
• Electronic locks
• Doors with dead bolts
• Peephole/View port
• Fire detectors
• Emergency exit maps

Drink and Dine:

Lavish buffets are laid daily in the multi-cuisine restaurant serving Indian, European and Oriental delicacies. Macrobiotic spa cuisine crafted from the harvest of the organic vegetable and herb gardens awaits you at Mayfair Gangtok. Live cooking is on display at this restaurant.

The all day dining Jungle Café is the perfect option for a quick snack with an experience of the great outdoors.

The bar by the restaurant offers everything from cigars to champagnes, wines to whiskies.

The pool bar offers signature cocktails, beverages and snacks on the pool deck from 8 am to 8 pm.

Spa & Fitness Center:
MAYFAIR Gangtok has a spa of international standard using Pevonia products. (PEVONIA of USA is the suppliers of SPA equipments and natural skin products. These products contain naturally obtained ingredients delivering remarkable and highly visible results).

Spa:
When you walk into The Mayfair Spa, you embark upon a personalized sensory journey; a journey to inner wellbeing that focuses on the senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, sound and intuition. The 12,000 square feet Spa comprises of 12 therapy rooms with an array of luxuriating treatments to choose from using Pevonia products. As you lie back and relax, experience your transition to a state of solace as your troubles drift away.

Fitness Center:
The fitness center is equipped with the latest fitness equipments along with a fitness instructor providing you the perfect opportunity to stay fit and healthy.

Banquet & Board:
This resort offers comfortable & perfectly arranged conferences and meetings.

Teesta:
A 2500 square feet conference hall with a capacity of 250 guests in theatre style and 150 guests in sit-down style seating is available for conference & board meetings.

Corporate Profile:
MAYFAIR Group of Hotels started its business in hospitality industry in 1982 by way of a small hotel at Rourkela which has presently grown as a group with four boutique properties in Eastern India.

The MAYFAIR Group is a leading hospitality player in Eastern India. With a high recall of its brand “MAYFAIR” among discerning clientele and industry fraternity, the group has over the years built its reputation as a high end niche player.

The flagship company of the group, MAYFAIR Hotels & Resorts Limited (MHRL) operates four hotel properties located at Bhubaneswar (MAYFAIR Lagoon), Puri (MAYFAIR Puri), Rourkela (MAYFAIR Rourkela) and Darjeeling (MAYFAIR Darjeeling), while its Sikkim property (MAYFAIR Gangtok) is operated through a subsidiary company MAYFAIR Hotels & Resorts (Sikkim) Pvt. Ltd (MHRSL).

Brand:
MAYFAIR properties are the best in each of the locations in proximity to the prime business and institutional areas.

The MAYFAIR group has played host to who’s & who of the industry, sports and media personalities, senior bureaucrats and top PSU officials. USP of the group has been “built around resort theme” and each property has been created with an ethnic touch and natural greenery. The ambience and eco-friendly environment attracts top end leisure and business tourists.

The size of rooms and other support facilities viz. specialty restaurants, Spa, sports and games infrastructure, banquets facilities made available to the customers are very luxurious. The furniture and fixtures are high-end and are sourced from reputed manufactures/ suppliers globally.

Prestigious and indulging, MAYFAIR lavishes business and leisure travelers with discreet service in plush elegance.

Promoters:
MAYFAIR Group is promoted by Shri Dilip Ray and his family members. He has a passion for low rise boutique hotels, with exclusive tropical greenery. He was an M.L.A. for 10 years from the Rourkela Constituency and also a Cabinet Minister of Industry in the State for 5 years during 1990-95. He was also Union Minister for a period of 4 years holding the independent portfolio of Food Processing, Coal and Steel. However, he loves to be called a hotelier first with 25 years of his career in hotel industry with four premium properties to his credit.

Shri Dilip Ray is the Chairman and Managing Director of the group companies. He is assisted by his son Mr. Sandeep Ray, a hotel industry professional trained in Canada as a Whole-time Director.

Operations:
The Company is professionally managed under a decentralized system by a team of professionals under the supervision of the Executive Director. The three major divisions under which various functionalities have been grouped comprises Operations division, Business Planning & Development division and Finance & Systems division. This focused approach has contributed for efficient management of the units and has contributed for the corporate growth over the years.

The Board of Directors ensures implementation of policy guidelines and transparent corporate governance of the Company.

Quality, Service and Delivery:
The company has adopted good practices for maintenance of the properties as per industry norms. The service standards are uniform at each location in as much as they have to compete with other established players in the market.

The company has built-in processes to monitor quality of services offered to the guests. The Company has adopted various quality practices covering CRM, standardization of consumables, toiletries, room amenities, mini bar items stored in room refrigerators, linen (bed/bath room) for guest use, graphics & artifacts for room décor, housekeeping, F&B items. Detailed operating procedure has been laid out in respect of all activities.

Customer Satisfaction:
The internal service standards and close follow up of customer feedback by the senior functionaries of the Company on a continuous basis ensure redressal of customer grievances on time. A higher level of customer satisfaction has contributed for the growth of the enterprise by way of repeat visits and extensive use of the facilities of the hotel including restaurants, spas, banquet and sports facilities.

Corporate Governance:
The Company conforms to the corporate governance norms in all areas viz. statutory compliance, management of human capital, ethical business practices and guidelines, compensation structure for employees and customer relation management. The Board of Directors oversees the operations of the company by holding Board meetings at periodic intervals besides having a committee approach for macro management.

Contact:
MAYFAIR Gangtok
Lower Samdur Block,
Ranipool 737 135,
Gangtok, East Sikkim.

source : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sikkim/

Girish & the Chronicles rock Converse 2011

The final round of Converse Original Band Hunt 2011 was concluded in Guwahati on February 24, 2011. Despite registration by large number of bands, only five bands from among the eight states of northeast and Kolkata reached upto the final stage on the basis of their creativity, presentation and level of performance. Girish & the Chronicles from Sikkim was one of the finalists and finally won the the title. The victorious band got two guitars and amplifier box apart from Rs. 20,000 worth of high quality products from Converse company for each members of the band.

After this victory, a profile of Girish & the Chronicles will be published in international band and music magazine Rolling Stone. One international album of the original note of this band in the voice of Girish Pradhan will also be composed. The company has said that the album and the magazine would be on display in all the show rooms of Converse

Girish & the Chronicles band has been able to maitain its supremacy right from its inception in Novemeber 2009. The band won five different competitions in 2010. Girish Pradhan got the award for Best Singer and lead guitarist of Girish & the Chronicles Suraj Karki was choosen the best guitarist. Over last one year the band was invited at many places in Kolkata, Assam, Patna, Kolkata and Nagaland. Even on the 12th of this month Girish & the Chronicles will be performing at the Birla Institure of Technology in Patna. After performing in Patna the band would go to Mumbai and Pune.

The Girish & the Chronicles is the only band from Sikkim which not only represented India’s rock music in Suncane Skale Music Competition in Montenegro but also stood No. 2 winning silver medal for their performance.

Despite a series of successful performance Girish Pradhan says that being successful is not as important as to maintain success. To maintain success requires constant practice, struggle and devotion towards music. Every success brings with itself a greater responsibility. It is important for every member of the band to remain devoted towards music, he said. Girish expressed gratitude towards all its supporters who have stayed with the band through thick and thin

The band members who participated in the Converse Original Band Hunt 2011 are:

Girish Pradhan: Singer, guitarist, band leader and song & music composer

Suraj Karki: Lead Guitarist
Nagen Magranti: Drum
Yogesh Pradhan: Sound engineer, key boardist, lead and base guitar, music composer
Noel Karthek: Base guitarist (he has not been with the badn due to personal problems)Girish & the Chronicles has been in the major newspapers and magazines of northeast like the North East Times, Vibes and Electica throughout the year. On February 23, 2011 Doordarshan North East Channel broadcast an exclusive interview with Girish Pradhan.

Dance and Music of Sikkim

 

The communities have their own traditional folk dance forms. The Nepalese, the Lepchas and the Sikkimese have unique folk dances, each different and each amusingly groovy.

Folk Dances of Nepali:

Maruni Dance Maruni One of the oldest and most popular dances of the Nepalese associated with the festival of Tihar(Tyohar) or Diwali and various ceremonies and occasions.

Tamang Selo Performed on occasions like marriage ceremony, childbirth and village fairs with the rhythmic sound of the “Damphoo”, a musical instrument.

Dhaan Naach A projection of rich Nepali cultural heritage.

Dau Ra JaneZo-Mal-Lok It is performed during the happy ceremonies by the young girls in their traditional and vibrant outfits.

Sebru Naach It is a narration of the lifestyle of the Sherpas who are very fond of performing arts like dance and songs.

Folk Dances of Lepcha

Zo-Mal-Lok A depiction of sowing, reaping and harvesting of paddy.

Chu Faat It is is performed in honour of the Mount Khangchendzonga and its four associate peaks, Mt.Pandim, Mt. Kabru, Mt. Simbrum and Mt. Narshing.

Kar Gnok Lok This “Dance of Swans” is a depiction of tarriance of a group of migratory swans.

Dharma Jo It depicts the harvest season among Lepchas.

Mon Dryak Loks A hunting dance for the supposedly adept hunters.

Tendong Lho Faat A folklore retold to the new generation corresponding the divine events in Vedas

.Mun Hait Lok A traditional dance by both Lepcha men and women.

Folk Dances of Sikkimese

Talachi The dance is accompanied with a folklore related to a king.

Lu Khangthamo This dance is a day of thanks giving to all Gods and deities of the three worlds, Heaven, Earth and Hell.

Gha To Kito This is a song cum dance which describes all about the treasures of Sikkim.

Be Yu Mista Males and females perform to applaud Sikkim in this dance form.

Chi Rimu A much popular dance for happy events and ceremonies performed by old and young.

Rechungma It is performed on the happy occasions like childbirth, marriage and other social gatherings.

Gnungmala Gnunghey It is a typical Bhutia fold dance performed in praise, by both male and female

Tashi Zaldha This dance depicts the Bhutia custom of offering scarves, performed by boys and girls.

Mask Dances

Enchey Chaam A famous mask dance performed by lamas in the ‘Gompa’ courtyard to celebrate religious festivals, dances demonstrate perfect footwork and grace.

Rumtek Chaam The most important dance performed on the 10th day of the 5th month of the Tibetan calendar, corresponding to the month of June.

Kagyed Dance A symbolism of the destruction of the evil forces and hoping for peace and prosperity to flourish in every Sikkimese home, it is performed on the 28th and 29th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan Calendar, around December.

Gouthor(Winter) Chaam> This is performed in the month of February usually two days prior to Losar.

Source : isikkim.com

DRESS CODE FOR TADONG COLLEGE_SIKKIM

The premier college in the hill state was crowded with students in green and grey uniform. The dress code had been enforced by the authorities from today to maintain uniformity among students hailig from different economic backgrounds.

For the girls, grey skirts with black stockings have replaced the trousers. “We are very happy about the uniform. It has brought unity and uniformity on the campus,” said Chettri.

Tadong Government College comes under Sikkim University. The monsoon semesters had started from June and the college authorities said the decision to introduce uniforms was taken at that time. “But we could not implement it then, as we had to give students time to get them stitched,” a member of the college authority said.

History till now...

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He knows watt iz before me, and it can flip the life in a second. Like the waves fall on the shore and we can’t deny it. When the page of the life is turned the “PAST”, a history which covers the sadness, happiness and glorious moment 4ever. Whenever I think of it he brings the day with moody feelings. What I see is the long widen road covered with throne and brittle glasses from where I had made decision to travel ma way to reach my destiny, and once again it tremble my cerebellum and put me from where I started.

History is the mark of journey that can either erased by a laser light or neither thunder rain, nor it can easily brunt by the high atomic energy. I am in the mid of 20’s and the past is closely surrounding me. I want to flip flop it!!!But my strength can’t have reality. Although it might be major relishing session now, and my vocal cord want to scream “LESSON”…

I want “LESSON” from my history background. The only perfect job I can do is pasting a duplicate layer on my darker edge. It can have innermost shining from my future and 0% opacity from my future, and I want it on present, cuz if tomorrow never comes!!! Turning the pages of my life I can clearly see my life hasn’t ruined nor it had any faded effect. The future thought has flooded it so that it washed in a minute. Now its high time and energetic moment to let my negative feelings submerged in the past. I don’t want it back. I played it and knew the sufferings lately.

My past teaches me how? What? Why? , handle the critical situation; let others feelings know, self dependent and independent. I give a lot of greeting to it, and yeah!!! I am the happiest person in my life I can trust myself more than history…..

SAGA DAWA in Sikkim

Saga Dawa, the triple blessed Buddhist festival was celebrated across the State with traditional gaiety and religious fervour. A large number of monks and devotees carried out a solemn procession, lugging sacred Kanjyur texts on their shoulders and making a parikrama of the streets of Gangtok. The rally organized by Dechen Choeling Gompa, Sichey took a round of NH 31-A and Zeropoint before coming back to the monastery. Since the wee hours of the morning, a large number of people visited different monasteries in their localities to make offerings and prayers. Speaking on the importance of Saga Dawa, Pemba Dorjee one of the monks of the monastery said, the festival is considered as the holiest of the holy Buddhist Festivals. On this day in different years of his life, Lord Buddha took birth, achieved Enlightenment and passed away attaining Nirvana. Also, recitations of sacred Kanjyur and Tenjyur texts were held at the monastery since last few days culminating on the fifteenth day i.e. on May 27. Kanjyur or translated works consist of work in about 108 volumes supposed to have been spoken by Buddha Shakyamuni. All texts presumably had a Sanskrit original, later translated into Tibetan.