well as ancient Gurkha villages. Situated at the head of the Khangchendzonga National Park and serving as the base camp for trekking to Mount Khangchendzonga, it attracts a large number of mountaineers from around the world.

Etymology

Yuksom means "meeting place of the three learned monks". The name refers to the three monks who came from Tibet and selected Phuntsog Namgyal as the first king of

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