At a road distance of 7 kilometers above Gangtok, Ganesh Tok is a small temple dedicated to lord Ganesh. This place offers a birds-eye-view of the town below and a spectacular panorama of the Khangchendzonga range in the horizon. Ganesh Tok is Hindu deity temple frequently visited by the tourists coming to Gangtok. Many popular pictures of Gangtok are taken from this vantage point. The site has been spruced up to provide superb view of the town and distant rolling hills and snowy peaks and also to accommodate the cars that drive to this site. . On a clear day, with no haze, especially during the morning hours one can get perfect views to shoot photographs of the town and enjoy the view of the snow clad peaks of Khangchendzonga. The temple was built in the year 1952 53 by the efforts of Shri Appa B. Pant, the former Political Officer of Sikkim.