Culture & Tradition

Hemis Festival – The Grandest Buddhist Celebration

Where? – Hemis Monastery (45 km from Leh)
 When? – June/July (10th day of the Tibetan lunar month)

✔ Celebrates the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava (founder of Tibetan Buddhism).
✔ Features Cham Dance (masked dance by monks), traditional music, and rituals.
✔ The monastery displays its rare silk Thangka painting once every 12 years.

 Why Attend? – One of the biggest and most colorful festivals in Ladakh!