Mr Gandhi landed at Bagdogra airport at around 0810 hours, about an hour behind schedule due to inclement weather.
From Bagdogra, nearly 40 minutes later, he took an army helicopter and reached Gangtok at around 1000 hours.
Mr Gandhi will visit different parts of Sikkim to take stock of relief and rescue operations and also held meeting with local administration.
He is expected to fly back to Delhi today itself.
The death toll in Sunday's 6.9 magnitude earthquake reached 57 till last night.
--UNI
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