Kechopalri Lake

About 28kms from Pelling at a height of 6000 ft is Khecheopalri Lake which is that the most holy and want fulfillingand consistent with Buddhist belief that the lake is that the emanation of god Tara blessed by Guru Rempoche. Khachoedpalri lake is set in West Sikkim.The approach road to the current lake bifurcates from Pelling- Yuksam road. Khachoedpalri soon became one of  the foremost vital visiting places in Sikkim for the pilgrims similarly as for the tourists. Legend has it that after it absolutely was merely a grazing ground for the cattle surrounded with stinging nettles and therefore the primitive Lepchas use their fibers for creating multiple articles like ropes, bags, wrapping garments etc. in the future as was common, a Lepcha couple whereas laying off the barks of the nettle detected an odd sound from the sky and saw a combine of conch-shell flying towards them.To their utter surprise the Conch-shell entered straight into the ground near them.Another surprise for them was the total ground vibrated and springs of water engulfed the bottom and shaped an enormous lake.Poor couple in fright lost their life. in step with oral tradition, one univalve shell have come back from Yuksam, that was earlier called ‘Lhatsun Lahtsho’ or Soul- Lake was later dried out because of pollution by human habitants and different univalve came from the place referred to as ‘Tshokam’ close to Lingdam, south Sikkim, that was additionally dried out because of similar fate. 

In Later Buddhist Saints holy this lake associate degreed gave it a sacred name as ‘Khachoedpalri’(mKha-sPyod-dPal-ri) which implies “mountain of happy heaven” and recognized it as an abode of ‘Tsho-sMan Pemachen’ the protecting Nymph of the Buddhism. there's a non secular belief that deity town additionally resides on the hill-top higher than and therefore the form of the lake feels like a foot print of the town once seen from the air. This place was additionally consecrated by Guru Padmasambhava throughout his travel this zone. recent record reveals that prime lama forecast the approaching year events on the premise of the observation of the color of the lake annually.native people tales say the lake got migrated from elsewhere and stayed within the depression that a number of the then villagers saw it, therefore, they named the lake Chojoo “The lake that stayed” . but there square measure completely different|completely different} versions from different faiths. The miraculous a part of the lake is that surface of the lake cleans up in spite of it being encircled by the thick forest . 
Leaves do fall thereon generally however the birds fly in and instantly choose them away. sizable amount of pilgrims from totally different directions come back and build desires for the duration of the year. The fifteenth full-of-the-moon day of the 1'st month of calendar that falls in Feb- March there's sometimes a competition of mass go to of Lake with prayers and offerings throughout once the Lake space are totally crowded with pilgrims. higher than the lake in regarding one hour walk there's a religious residence named Khecheopalri religious residence on hill. The religious residence was aforementioned to own been based by the then 1st Khecheo Rempoche. All most all the monks of this religious residence square measure Lepchas except a number of Bhutia monks. On the opposite facet equally in regarding one hour walk from the lake there's a holy cave that the guests will visit. there's additionally an exquisite village of Lepchas and their culture traditions and means of life square measure attention-grabbing to expertise. Well equipped with road acess and spacious parking place and restaurants with curios and go to articles available Khecheopalri lake is gratifying in an exceedingly trip by automotive or trekking. just in case of over night halt there a number of guest homes.