Oracle Festival of Matho and Stok of Ladakh
General Information
- Type:
- Cultural
- Price from:
- 950 EUR /person
- Phone:
- 255759
- Fax:
- 255759
- Payment Types:
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- Duration:
- 11 days
- Duration:
- 8 hours
- Location Start:
- Leh
- Location Finish:
- Leh
- Start time:
- 10.00 am
- End time:
- 05.30 pm
- We Speak:
- English
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Last updated: 05/28/2007
The festival of the blindfolded acrobatic oracle monks: On the 15th day of the 1st Tibetan month Monastery - the only Saskyapa monastic establishment in Ladakh.
Itinerary
Day 1
Arrival Leh transfer to hotel (full day rest) for acclimatization at hotel.
Day 2
Visit to Sankar and Leh palace by walking. O/N hotel
Day 3
Drive to Stok Monastery to witness 1st day of the festival. O/N Hotel.
Day 4
2nd day of the festival at Stok. O/N Hotel
Day 5
Drive to Lamayuru, Alchi and Likir Gompas. Back to Leh. O/N Hotel
Day 6
Drive to Hemis , Thiksay and Shey . This day you will witness the puja at Thiksay Gompa. O/N Hotel
Day 7
Drive to Daktok, Chamray and Stkna Gompas. O/N Hotel
Day 8
Drive to Matho Gonpa to witness the 1st day of their festival. O/n hotel
Day 9
2nd day of festival at Matho. O/N Hotel.
Day 10
Transfer to Leh airport and fly back to Delhi .
Extra Information
- Inclusions -
- Hotel,Lunch,Dinner,Breakfast
- Exclusions -
- Any Airfare / Excess baggage/any airfare Delhi/Leh/Delhi, any accommodation at Delhi, Insurance of any kind, Camera fees, laundry charges, alcoholic beverages, items of personal nature, tips and gratuities. Any additional charges resulting from delay of flights or expenses incurred due to overstay caused by bad whether.
- Extras -
- MATHO NAGRANG: The festival of the blindfolded acrobatic oracle monks: On the 15th day of the 1st Tibetan month Monastery - the only Saskyapa monastic establishment in Ladakh. During this festival, the two oracles of the monastery make a public appearance in their full spiritual form. These oracles, actually monks of the monastery, mediate in complete isolation for a state of trance and invoking the spirit of the deities. On the day of the festival, they invoke and receive the deities and come into their full spiritual trance. They run over the high rise ramparts of the monastery, jump from one balcony to another and execute a number of acrobatic feats, all while blindfolded! People from far and wide come to hear the oracles predict key future events an to seek answers about their own future. {italic}{-italic}
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