Overview
Ladakh is known as the land of many passes one of the most amazing places to visit in India. The Sky-touching Mountains, Amazing Monasteries, beautiful lakes, and pleasant climate which are the features that represent Ladakh.
Lapped in the snow-covered fringes of the Himalayas, The land has wonderful Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. One can have the best experience of visiting Ladakh at the time of Hemis Monastery Festival. The Hemis festival is one of the biggest and the most famous religious festival of Ladakh.
This festival is falling on the 10th day (called Tse-Chu in the local language) of the Tibetan lunar month. The Two-day festival marks the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava.
On this day, Hemis Monastery is adorned beautifully to host the ceremony. The colorful festival showcases the beautiful handicrafts of the area.
Natives also dress up in lovely traditional attires and gather in the courtyard of Hemis Monastery, which is the biggest Buddhist Monastery of Ladakh.
Monks dance around central flagpole with the tunes of drums, cymbals and long horns. It is the time when the cold-barren desert comes to life.
Route -
Leh – Indus Valley -Magnetic Hills - Alchi – Likir – Spituk - Hemis - Leh – Khardonla Pass – Silk route – Nubra – Khardongla - Leh
