Culture & Tradition

Saga Dawa – The Triple Blessed Festival

When: May – June (Full Moon Day)
✅ Where: Gangtok, Pemayangtse Monastery, Rumtek Monastery
✅ Why Visit?

• Celebrates Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and Nirvana.
• Monks carry holy scriptures in a grand procession through Gangtok.
• Devotees light butter lamps and perform rituals.

 Special Highlights: Religious processions in Gangtok’s MG Marg.