The Hemis Festival is held at Hemis Monastery in Ladakh, not in Jammu and Kashmir. Monks perform masked cham dances to celebrate the birth of Guru Padmasambhava. It follows the Tibetan lunar calendar and usually falls in June or July. Hemis is about 45 km from Leh by road.
Many travellers search for the Hemis Festival Jammu and Kashmir, assuming both are in the same place. They are not. The...
