PHYANG TSEDUP
Location: Phyang Monastery, 17-km West Of Leh, Ladakh
Region, J&K
Pilgrimage To The Thangka
Phyang is one of the two Dringungpa Monasteries in
Ladakh . This
monastery 17-km west of Leh, holds its festival in July/august. Like other
monastic festivals, sacred dance-dramas or 'chhams' form the core of this
festival.
But the main attraction for the devotees is the pilgrimage to the hug,.
Thangka of Skyabje Jigten Gombo, founder of the Dringungpa monasstic
order, which is kept on exhibition during the two-day festival.
