Ladakh Festivals Calendar Tour
Most of the festival events in Ladakh are the annual monastic festivals.
Among non-monastic events count the Losar or New Year celebrations and the
notable Ladakh Festival organized by the Kashmir and Jammu government. The
monastic festivals are dance-dramas in the gompa courtyards. The performers
are the lamas, the monks themselves. Wearing colorful garments and often
frightful, at times comic masks, the monks perform mimes representing various
aspects of the religion, be it the progress of the individual soul and its
purification or the triumph of good over evil. The events draw spectators
from among the local populace, from near and far, in great numbers for attending
these auspicious events promises spiritual benefits aside the enjoyment
of the party atmosphere. Huge crowds that gather heighten the sense of the
occasion. Most monastic festivals are two-day events. Losar celebrations
take close to one month and the Ladakh Festival is a two-week event. Our
tours are designed around the dates of these unique events, bringing you
the first hand experience of their festive atmosphere and thus broadening
your insight into the cultural heritage of Ladakh. |
Ladakh Festivals Calendar 2005 - 2009
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| Names of the Festival | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Spitok Gustor Zanskar | JAN 8,9 | JAN 27,28 | JAN 17,18 | JAN 6,7 | JAN 23,24 |
| Dosmoche Leh , Likir And Deskit |
FEB 6,7 | FEB 26,27 | FEB 15,16 | FEB 4,5 | FEB 22,23 |
| Stok Guru Tse-Cue | FEB 17,18 | MAR 8,9 | FEB 25,26 | FEB 15,16 | MAR 5,6 |
| Matho Nagrang | FEB 22,23 | MAR 14,15 | MAR 3,4 | FEB 20,21 | MAR 10,11 |
| Budha Purnima | MAY 23 | JUNE 11 | MAY 31 | JUNE 18 | JUNE 6 |
| Hemis TSE-CHU | JUN 17,18 | JUL 6,7 | JUN 25,26 | JUL 12,13 | JUL 1,2 |
| Yuru Kabgyat (Lamayuru) | JUN 23,24 | JUL 12,13 | JUL 2,3 | JUL 20,21 | JUL 8,9 |
| Zanskar Karsha Gustor | JUL 3,4 | JUL 22,23 | JUL 11,12 | JUL 29,30 | JUL 18,19 |
| Ph-Yang Tsedup (Phyang) | AUG 7,8 | JUL 27,28 | JUL 16,17 | AUG 3,4 | JUL 22,23 |
| Korzok Gustor (Tsomoriri Lake) | AUG 8,9 | JUL 28,29 | JUL 17,18 | AUG 4,5 | JUL 23,24 |
| Dak-Thok Tse-Chu | AUG 15,16 | AUG 4,5 | JUL 24,25 | AUG 11,12 | JUL 30,31 |
| Sant Naro Nasjal (Zangskar) | AUG 18,19 | AUG 8,9 | JUL 29,30 | AUG 15,16 | AUG 3,4 |
| Shachukul Gustor | AUG 30, SEP 1 | AUG 20,21 | AUG 10,11 | AUG 27,28 | AUG 16,17 |
| Thiksay Gustor | NOV 18,19 | NOV 8,9 | OCT 28,29 | NOV 15,16 | NOV 4,5 |
| Chemrey Angchok | NOV 29,30 | NOV 18,19 | NOV 7,8 | NOV 25,26 | NOV 13,14 |
| Galdan Namchot | DEC 26 | DEC 15 | DEC 4 | DEC 21 | DEC 10 |
| Losar | JAN 1 | DEC 21 | DEC 10 | DEC 28 | DEC 16 |
