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Ladakh Festival Overview

As every Ladakh lover will know, Hemis festival celebrated at Hemis Monastery has a large number of admirers. It falls onto the month of July usually but the dates would be changing according to the calendar followed by the Buddhist monks. Yuru Kabgyat Festival is a two day festival at Lamayuru Monastery in the month of July. In this one as well, there is a mask dance and similar rituals followed in other major monasteries in the region.

Ladakh festival is celebrated in the month of September every year in Leh and its villages. Filled with music, dance, traditional art forms, cultural representations, this festival will last for six beautiful days. Deskit Gustor festival at Deskit Monastery, Thiskey Gustor Festival at Thiskey Monastery, Losar Festival, Saka Dawa Festival and Karsha Gustor Festival at Karsha Monastery are some of the major festivals that give the visitors colourful memories of Ladakh and its life.

One major similarity in these festivals is the presence of dance and music. Each festival includes dance and music for different but unique reasons. The mask dance is seen in almost all the festivals. Also, the music played by using the wide drums, small trumpets, cymbals, large wind instruments and large pipes is believed to be one of the inevitable part of every festival of Ladakhis.

Location: There are plenty of monasteries in Ladakh, some are really close to Leh town and some are quite far. You can reach the monasteries via bus, bike or jeep.

When to go: Mostly, the festivals happen after the winter season. According to the lunisolar calendar followed by the monasteries only, the dates of festival will be declared. But on a usual note, the dates of almost all the festivals fall in between the months of June and October.

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Narasimha Narasimha
Reviewed: 17 Jul 2022
4.0/5
Rooms were good and food also.  Bike riding through mountains was just amazing. Cons: Trek leader  Delay in starting ride  Bike conditions
Narasimha Narasimha
Narasimha Narasimha
Narasimha Narasimha
Narasimha Narasimha
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Amit
Reviewed: 11 Jul 2022
4.0/5
Overall fantastic tour except some issues with bike all tour was fantastic , food was good apart from that marshal was excellent he take care of everything whatever we required pasa wasool
Amit
Amit
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Amit
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Niket Niket
Reviewed: 27 Jul 2022
5.0/5
Everything was great only one concern. Conditions of the vehicle of Ladakh was not that great, Unlike the Manali people has. Otherwise its a trip to remember 😊.
Niket Niket
Niket Niket
Niket Niket
Niket Niket
Niket Niket
Niket Niket
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Chirag Agrawal
Reviewed: 27 Jul 2022
5.0/5
Just completed an awesome bike trip from srinagar through Leh to manali on Royal Enfield 500cc bikes. This trip was a dream come true for me & my partner. The bikes were in great condition, our accommodation was great, our guide tani and sashi was a total gem- such a lovely guy. The trip was good va... Read More
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Chirag agrawal
Chirag agrawal
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Chayan Jain
Reviewed: 16 Jul 2022
5.0/5
Good experience
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Chayan  jain
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TANMOY MUKHERJEE
Reviewed: 26 Jun 2022
5.0/5
Because of the few morons our team was always late, still terrific group leaders lead us for the best, rooms and camp are awesome

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