Tibetan Festivals & Dates in 2016
Festival | Year (2016) | Places |
Tibetan New Year | 09 February | Tibet |
Monlam Prayer Festival | 12 February | Jokhang Temple |
Butter Lamp Festival | 22 February | Barkhor Market |
Buddha Day | 21 April | Tibet |
Cham in Tshurpu Monastery | 16 May | Tshurpu Monastery |
Saga Dawa Festival | 21 May | Dzongyab Lukhang (Lhasa) , Tarboche (Kailash) |
Cham in Drigung Til Monastery | 01 June | Drigung Til |
Thangka Unveiling Tashilunpo | 19 July | Shigatse, Tashilimphu Monastery |
Ganden Thangka Unveiling | 18 August | Ganden Monastery |
Shoton Festival | 01 September | Norbulinka |
Palden Lhamo Festival | 13 December | Barkhor Square |
Tibetan Light Festival | 23 December | Tibet |