Around the pole, the Tibetans burn mounds of incense, throw handfuls of small printed prayers into the wind and prostrate themselves. The air is full of burning juniper. Stalls selling Tibetan handicrafts allow visitors to pick up souvenirs directly from the Tibetan people, while 'sit in' meditation tents offer a chance to find serenity amidst the celebrations.
The atmosphere is intense and joyous. As far as we're concerned, the Saga Dawa Festival is a must-see on Tibet holidays. Search for your next adventure. Like us. During the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar, many people refrain from killing animals and performing nonvirtuous activities.
This may not be overt, but there is a festive spirit in the air during the Saga Dawa festival. The Saga Dawa festival is truly a celebration that encompasses everyone into its fold, casting aside all barriers of negative actions. Authorities in Lhasa have imposed harsh controls on hotels, restaurants and a school in the city. Tibetans are being stopped from observing festivities during Saga Dawa, a key month-long religious event that takes place around May and June, after a series of restrictions were imposed on hotels and restaurants, as well as a school, in the capital Lhasa.
An official document, stamped and dated by a school, has emerged which prohibits teachers, students and their families from participating in the festivities. The second noble truth acclaims the truth of the origin of suffering, accident, chance, illusion and their causes. The third noble truth confirms the termination of suffering or the realization of 'Nirvana'.
The fourth noble truth says about the truth of the Eight Fold Path, which eventually leads to Nirvana. The 3 day celebrations begin with the offering of prayers to Mount Tendong in South Sikkim. Legend has it that Mt.
Tendong saved the Lepcha people during the great deluge which flooded the entire Mayel Lyang country, now known as Sikkim. The festival is an annual thanksgiving to the saviour mountain. Various literary and cultural programmes are held in the state capital to commemorate the occasion. On the concluding day, exhibits on traditional Lepcha food, costumes and ornaments are displayed. It falls on the tenth day of the fifth Tibetan month.
In Gangtok a procession carrying the statue of the Guru is taken around town. Chaams are held at Rumtek monastery celebrating different episodes from his life.
It is then when the people realized who he actually was, they released him and promised to dedicate one of the most colourful festivals to him, also in return requesting him to visit the valley every year, thereby blessing it with rains and prosperity.
While it is pre-dominantly a Nepalese festival, it is celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm by the Nepalese Newar Gutthi community in Sikkim too and was introduced here in the year followed by its declaration as the state holiday in Pang-Lhabsol This festival is unique to Sikkim and commemorates the consecration of Mount Khangchendzonga as the guardian deity of Sikkim.
It is believed that the mountain god played an active role in introducing Buddhism into this former kingdom. According to a handwritten biography by Lhatsun Chenpo, the chief propagator of Buddhism in Sikkim, it was divine visions sent by the mountain god which guided him to Demajong the hidden valley of rice, as Sikkim is referred to by the Bhutias. To this day the mountain god is invoked and prayed upon at Pang Lhabsol to continue protecting Sikkim. The festival also marks the commemoration of blood brotherhood sworn between the Lepchas and the Bhutias at Kabi in the 15th century.
It takes place in the month of September-October. It is celebrated in the same way as Dushera in other parts of the country. The puja of Goddess Durga is performed from the first day Prathama to the ninth day Navmi. On the tenth day, the elders in every family apply 'tika' on the young ones and bless them. Cash or gift in kind is also given by the elders. The very next day, the statue of Goddess Durga is taken in a colourful procession for its immersion in a lake or river.
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