Uttarey and the Varsey Rhododendron Belt (West Sikkim): A Field Explorer’s Chronicle of High Ridges, Sacred Forests, and Seasonal Bloom Introduction: At the Western Edge of Sikkim’s Alpine World Uttarey and the Varsey Rhododendron Belt occupy a distinctive place in the geography of West Sikkim. Situated close to the Indo–Nepal border and rising steadily toward […]
