2-day annual Phyang Monastery Festival concludes in Ladakh

Aug 02, 2019

Ladakh (J&K), Aug 02 (ANI): Two-day annual Phyang Monastery Festival concluded in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ladakh. The annual Phyang Tsesdup was celebrated on the 28th and 29th day of the 5th month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. During the festival, monks organise special puja and perform mask dance. Large numbers of people including foreign and domestic tourists witness the festival. The Phyang Tsedup festival closes with the destruction of ‘Storma’ on the final day symbolizing victory of good over evil. The monastery belongs to Drikungpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism. This is the fourth monastery of Drikungpa sect in Ladakh.