Two-day long annual Hemis festival dedicated to the Guru Padmasambhava began on 26 June 2015 in largest monastery of Ladakh Hemis Gompa (monastery) of Jammu and Kashmir.
Hemis festival is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava. During this festive season, Lamas called 'chhams,' perform masked dances and sacred plays to the accompaniment of cymbals, drums and long horns. The head lama presides over the function.
The festival takes an auspicious turn every 12 years in the Tibetan Year of the Monkey, when the two-storey high Thanka depicting Padmasambhava is displayed.
List of festivals of Ladakh and venue for celebrations
Name of Festival | Venue |
Spituk Gustor | Spituk |
Dosmochey | Leh & Likir Monastery |
Yargon Tungshak | Nubra (Yarma) |
Stok Guru Tsechu | Stok Monastery |
Matho Nagrang | Matho Monastery |
Saka Dawa | All over Ladakh |
Yuru Kabgyat | Lamayuru Monastery |
Hemis Tsechu | Hemis Monastery |
Stongday Gustor | Zanskar |
Karsha Gustor | Zanskar |
Phyang Tsesdup | Phyang Monastery |
Sachukul Gustor | Sachukul Monastery |
Korzok Gustor | Tsomoriri |
Dakthok Tseschu | Dak thok Monastery |
Sani Nasjal | Zanskar |
Deskit Gustor | Nubra |
Thiksay Gustor | Thiksay |
Chemday Wangchok / Padum | Chemray Monastery |
Galden Namchot | All over Ladakh |
Ladakhi Losar | All over Ladakh |
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