YURU KABGYAT
Location: Ladakh Region, J&K
Festive Month: July
Duration: 2 Days
Festive Month: July
Duration: 2 Days
An Awesome Spectacle
This 2-day festival is celebrated during July, in the spectacularly
situated monastery of Lamayuru, about 127-km 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 the destruction of the
sacrificial offerings, Devotees come by the hundreds to witness the
celebrations.
