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Jhiri Mela(Fair)-Jhiri Mela Date-About Jhiri Mela- History of Jhiri Mela-Sms Jhiri Mela-Celebration of Jhiri Mela-Jhiri Mela Images

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Jhiri Mela Date Jihri Mela is Celebrated on October-November month of Every Year. About Jhiri Mela  Jhiri Mela- A tribute to a legendary farmer is an annual fair held in Jammu every year in the months of October-November. The fair is celebrated to salute the courage of a farmer, his sacrifice for the liberation ofthe … Read more

Monastery of Hemis Festival

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This festival 40 km from Leh, it is the wealthiest, best-known and biggest gompa of Ladakh. Its popularity stems from the major annual festival held here in summer. The festival is in honour of Guru Padma Sambhav’s birth anniversary. It also has the largest Thangkha in Ladakh, which is unfurled, once in 12 years (next … Read more

About Hemis Festival

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The courtyard of Hemis Gompa-the biggest Buddhist monastery in Ladakh is the stage for the famous ‘Hemis’ festival that celebrates the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava. The colourful two-day pageant falls on the 10th day (Tse-Chu) of the Tibetan lunar month.  The local people are seen dressed up in their finest traditional garb for the … Read more