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Losar Festival celebrated in Ladakh
December 21 , 2017
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- The traditional festival of Losar was celebrated in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir to mark the beginning of New Year in this Himalayan region.
- Losar is a community-based socio-religious festival celebrated by the Buddhists of Ladakh, which has 19 major monasteries celebrating 18 monastic festivals every year. Losar is Tibetan word for ‘new year’.
- It is celebrated from the first day of the 11th month of the Tibetan lunar calendar which is considered to be the most important festival of the region Ladakh/Tibet.
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