Sindhu Darshan Festival 2019 – Popular festival in Leh 04/07/2019 – Posted in: ART & CULTURE – Tags:

Sindhu Darshan Festival 2019 

 

The 23rd edition of Sindhu Darshan Utsav 2019 started at Sindhu Ghat Shey in Leh.

  • The festival was inaugurated by Skyabje Choskyong Palga Rinpoche.
  • It is a 4-day event which is organized by Sindhu Darshan Yatra Samiti (SDYS) in collaboration with Ladakh Phanday Tsogspa.
  • Sindhu Darshan Festival held every year on full moon day (on Guru Purnima) in June.

Sindhu Darshan

  • It was first started in October 1997 and continues to be held every year.
  • Sindhu Darshan is a celebration of unity as well as communal harmony along with national integration.
  • The festival will witness artists from various parts of the country gathering here to showcase their art and culture.
  • Sindhu Darshan Festival is hosted every year in Shey Manla, which is located outside the city of Leh.
  • Dance, art, and music are the highlights of this festival, which are held on the banks of the Indus River (Sindhu River).
  • This festival is celebrated to pay homage to River Sindhu.
  • Prayers are conducted by 50 senior lamas on the banks of the Sindhu, and a bonfire is organized at night.

 

Leh

  • Leh is a City in the Leh district, Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Leh is connected via National Highway 1 to Srinagar in the southwest and to Manali in the south via the Leh-Manali Highway.
  • Leh was an important stopover on trade routes along the Indus Valley between Tibet to the east, Kashmir to the west and also between India and China for centuries.
  • The main goods carried were salt, grain, pashm or cashmere wool, charas or cannabis resin from the Tarim Basin, indigo, silk yarn, and Banaras brocade.

 

Source: Indian Express

 

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