{"id":213407,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/213407-picture-of-the-day-05-16-26-wikimedia-commons","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/213407","headline":"Picture of the Day 05/16/26 - Wikimedia Commons","content":"\u003cp\u003ePartially frozen Gurudongmar Lake, a glacial lake located to the north of the Himalayas in the northeast Indian state of Sikkim at an altitude of over 5,150 metres (16,900 ft). The lake is fed by glaciers of the Khangchengyao massif, forms the headwaters of the Teesta river and is considered sacred by Buddhists and Sikhs. Today is Sikkim Day, which commemorates the formation of Sikkim as a state of India in 1975, following a popular referendum and full merger after decades of being a protectorate since 1947.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOriginal: Yoghya\n\nDerivative work: UnpetitproleX, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gurudongmar_Lake_Sikkim,_India_(edit).jpg\" title=\"View On WikiCommons\"\u003eView source.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"Partially frozen Gurudongmar Lake, a glacial lake located to the north of the Himalayas in the northeast Indian state of Sikkim at an altitude of over 5,150 metres (16,900 ft). The lake is fed by glaciers of the Khangchengyao massif, forms the headwaters of the Teesta river and is considered sacred by Buddhists and Sikhs. Today is Sikkim Day, which commemorates the formation of Sikkim as a state of India in 1975, following a popular referendum and full merger after decades of being a protectorate since 1947.\n        Original: Yoghya\n\nDerivative work: UnpetitproleX, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.","published_at":"2026-05-16T07:16:00-07:00","updated_at":"2026-05-16T13:13:06-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Photogems","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100062-photogems"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Photogems on Kudos 365. View their photo published May/16/2026 on Photography. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/709d9c2a-fe7a-4139-8d82-12c6dfaad4e7.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":4,"categories":[{"name":"Photography","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/918-photography"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/213407-picture-of-the-day-05-16-26-wikimedia-commons","headline":"Picture of the Day 05/16/26 - Wikimedia Commons","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/709d9c2a-fe7a-4139-8d82-12c6dfaad4e7.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Photogems","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/100062-photogems"},"datePublished":"2026-05-16T07:16:00-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":4}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Photography","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/918-photography"}]}}