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Takthok Tseshu Sakti 7th to 8th August 2022
TakThok TsechuThis festival is celebrated in the Takthok Monastery, located about 46 kilometers from Leh, slightly after the village of Sakti and on the road towards Wari La Pass. The name Takthok, literally translates into ‘rock-roof’ which attributes to the fact that both the roof and the walls of the monastery are made up of rock. The monastery was founded a....
TakThok TsechuThis festival is celebrated in the Takthok Monastery, located about 46 kilometers from Leh, slightly after the village of Sakti and on the road towards Wari La Pass. The name Takthok, literally translates into ‘rock-roof’ which attributes to the fact that both the roof and the walls of the monastery are made up of rock. The monastery was founded around the mid-16th century. Its location is said to be on a mountainside around a cave in which Padmasambhava meditated in the 8th century. The ceremony for the Takthot Tsechu Festival is held in the month of July or August and is attended by a large number of tourists and locals.
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This festival is celebrated in the Takthok Monastery, located about 46 kilometers from Leh, slightly after the village of Sakti and on the road towards Wari La Pass. The name Takthok, literally translates into ‘rock-roof’ which attributes to the fact that both the roof and the walls of the monastery are made up of rock.
The monastery was founded around the mid-16th century. Its location is said to be on a mountainside around a cave in which Padmasambhava meditated in the 8th century. The ceremony for the Takthot Tsechu Festival is held in the month of July or August and is attended by a large number of tourists and locals.
The masked Cham dances are performed by the monks and the rituals are carried out for a full two days.
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Organized By
TAkthok Monatery
Gyen Padma Langdol
Sakti Leh
9622959513
takyhokmonastery[at]gmail[dot]com
How to reach
The nearest airport is Kushok Bakula Rinpochey Airport, Leh,
which is 58 KMs away.
The nearest convenient railway station is Jammu,
which is 630 KMs away.
The nearest major city is Leh,
which is 55KMs away.
