It is a great time to join Ganden Ngachoe Festival tour in Lhasa for Dec 7, 2023, if you adjust your holiday to the date. The festival is the death anniversary of the Master Tsongkapa on October 25th, 1419 (Tibetan Lunar), Butter lamp festival is other name derived from the local slang. This day is being marked everywhere in Tibet to commemorate the death anniversary of Tsongkhapa, the founder of Gelugpa (Yellow-hat sect). At the large, a ritual ceremony will be held in Ganden monastery with Thangka unveiling and ritual dances. Tibetans light thousands of butter lamps on the roof exactly in the evening and it lighten all around even in the dark.
How we celebrate Gaden Ngachoe Festival Tour
Monks gather and pray in the main halls of monasteries and temples. There is also a kind of tradition to have Pathuk (handmade pieces of thick noodle) for dinner in the evening. Refer our article on Tibetan cuisine if you want know what food is consuming in Tibet. Tibet festival tours are very popular thus, you can also check Tibetan calendar for other events on your holiday.
In the evening time, Jokhang Temple will be the most happening avenue, where crowds of people do kora together. It is hardly pass through and congest among so many people. Butter lamps are the most spectacular lighting there for the tragic of Tsongkhapa’s death.
Ganden Ngachoe Festival Tour Date: Dec 7, 2023
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Dates | December |
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Day 1: Arrival at Lhasa (3,650m)
Day 2: visit Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple
Note: In the evening there is the special ceremony for Ganden Ngachoe (Butter-lamp) festival at Jokhang Temple Square. Lots of pilgrims will come here to pray.
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