Phyang Tsedup

Ladakh · India

Phyang Tsedup is one of the two Dringungpa Monasteries in Ladakh. This monastery. 17 km west of Leh. Like other monastic festivals, sacred dances, dramas or ‘Chhams’ form the core of this festival. But the main attraction for the devotees is the pilgrimage to the huge Thangka of Skyabje Jigten Gombo, founder of the Dringungpa monastic order, which is kept on exhibition during the two-day festival.