Winter & Spring

   Losar

   Winter Ladakh

Combining villages, monasteries, a six-day mini Chadar trek and the Dosmochey religious festival, this tour brings you the experience of winter Ladakh. Come and taste the charms of this former highland kingdom underneath its winter sky!

Doshmoche
An ancient tradition started by the Kings of Ladakh, Dosmoche is till celebrated every year in February with great pomp and fervor. The courtyard of the chapel below the gates of the Leh Palace comes alive with the music of drums and the thumping steps of the masked Lamas from different monasteries performing the sacred dance-drama. The Lamas prepare, consecrate and eventually destroy the sacrificial offerings as the climax. Black hat dancers, followed by the lamas in their religious costumes and the local people in their resplendent best, make this a spectacular procession. Musicians and the monastic orchestra lead the way. The offerings are burnt and destroyed with great fanfare to wish away all evil spirits and guard against natural calamities and disasters in the coming year. Similar Dosmoche celebrations are also held in the Likir as well as Deskit (Nubra valley) monasteries.