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HEMIS FESTIVAL TOUR' 2012
Hemis Monastry is one of the wealthiest, best-known and biggest gompa of Ladakh. Its popularity stems from the major annual festival held here in summer. The festival is in honour of Guru Padma Sambhav's birth anniversary. Hemis was built in 1630 during the reign of Sengge Namgyal, an illustrious ruler of Ladakh. It flourished under the Namgyal dynasty for the royalty favoured the Drugpa sect, which managed the monastery.
- Monastery Visit, Festival Visit, Visit of world's highest motorable road,
Delhi Sightseeing.
LAMAYURU FESTIVAL TOUR' 2012
Yuru Khabyat (Lamayuru Festival): This 2-day festival is celebrated during June / July, in the spectacularly situated monastery of Lamayuru, about 127 kms west of Leh. The masks worn by the lamas during the dances represent guardian divinities from the Dringungpa pantheon. As in the case of other monastic festivals, the sacred dance-drama concludes with destruction of the sacrificial offerings.
- Monastery Visit, Festival Visit, Visit of world's highest motorable road,
Delhi Sightseeing.
