Places to visit in and around Pelling include the local monastery, the rock garden and waterfall at nearby Rimbi, the imposing double-pronged Kanchenjungha Falls, the archaic quaint Singshore Bridge, the Chhange Waterfalls, the Khecheopalri / Khechuperi Lake holy to Buddhists and ancient Pemyangtse / Pemyangshi Monastery.

Other attractions include Pemyangtse Monastery built in 1640, reputed to be Sikkim's oldest and Khecheopalri Lake which as legend has it not a leaf is allowed to float on the surface.

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The popularly known name of the lake, considering its location is Khecheopalri Lake, ensconced in the midst of the Khechoedpaldri hill, which is also considered a sacred hill.

The Khecheopalri Lake is also part of Buddhist religious pilgrimage circuit involving the Yuksom, the Dubdi Monastery in Yuksom, Pemayangtse Monastery, the Rabdentse ruins, the Sanga Choeling Monastery, and the Tashiding Monastery.

The Khecheopalri Lake and the Khangchendzonga National Park are conserved from the biodiversity perspective with ecotourism and pilgrimage as essential off shoots.

The mythological links to the origin of all the lakes in Sikkim make them sacred and so is the case with the Khecheopalri Lake.

Many legends are narrated such as: Guru Padmasambahava preached to sixty-four yoginis here ; it is the residing place of the Goddess Tara Jetsun Dolma and the Khecheopalri Lake is her footprint ; the lake represents the Goddess Chho Pema ; footprints of Macha Zemu Rinpoche are on a stone near the chorten ( stupa ) near the lake ; Hindu god Lord Shiva meditated in Dupukney Cave that is situated above the lake and hence worshipped on " Nag Panchami " day at the lake ; a Lepcha girl named Nenjo Asha Lham was blessed by the lake goddess and was gifted with a precious gem which was lost, and it is the belief of the local people that the gem is hidden in the lake ; the lake water has curative properties and hence permitted to be used only for performing rites and rituals ; and with all these legends, the lake is called a " wish fulfilling lake ".

Khecheopalri Lake and the Khangchendzonga National Park ( KNP ), which are visited by tourists and trekkers on the Yuksom-Dzongri-GoechhaLa trekking corridor ( long trek ) have caused concerns of environmental deterioration in the region.

Thus, ecotourism, promoted with the involvement of local communities, could not only provide economic benefits but also control further deterioration of biodiversity in the Khecheopalri Lake surroundings as well as in the Yuksom-Dzongri-Goechha La Corridor.

To ensure lake conservation and management, the Khecheopalri Holy Lake Welfare Committee ( KHLWC ) and the local community are involved in developing plantations and management of festivals.

As the sacred Khecheopalri Lake is known as a " wish fulfilling lake ", folklore and legends associated with it are many.

The Chogyal established the first monastery at Yuksom in Sikkim known as the Dubdi Monastery in 1701, which is part of Buddhist religious pilgrimage circuit involving the Norbugang Chorten, Pemayangtse Monastery, the Rabdentse ruins, the Sanga Choeling Monastery, the Khecheopalri Lake, and the Tashiding Monastery.

The Rabdentse ruins are part of Buddhist religious pilgrimage circuit starting with the first monastery at Yuksom known as the Dubdi Monastery, followed by Norbugang Chorten, Tashiding Monastery, the Pemayangtse Monastery, the Sanga Choeling Monastery, and the Khecheopalri Lake.

According to folklore legend related to Sikkim topography, the Khecheopalri is said to represent one of the four plexus of the human body namely, the thorax ; the other three plexes are said to be represented by Yuksom ( the third eye ), Tashiding ( head ) and Pemayangtse ( the heart ).

It is located near Khecheopalri village, west of Gangtok and to the northwest of Pelling town in the West Sikkim district of the Northeastern Indian state of Sikkim.

According to folklore morphometry, Khecheopalri is made up of two words, Kheecheo and palri.

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