Trip Facts
- Duration:17 Days
- Activity: Tours
- Group Size:15+1 pax
- Departure Date2009/05/30
- Price:USD 1965
The SAGA DAWA is one of the most important and cherishable Tibetan Buddhist festivals, held each year on the full moon day of the fourth lunar month of the Tibetan calendar, to celebrate Sakyamuni's enlightenment." This astounding festival is also known as the Festival for Releasing Living Things, and during this festival, Tibetan people do not eat meat and kill any living things in the fourth month of the Tibetan year in order to concentrate their efforts on worshipping. A legend says on the 15th day of the fourth month of the Tibetan year Sakyamuni was born, became a Buddha and died. On this day each year, the people will dress in their splendid attire and sing and dance and have a picnic or gathering in Lingka.
We start our epic journey with a stunning flight over Everest to Lhasa, where we spend several days visiting the city's main landmarks including the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple. From Lhasa we have a spectacular drive westwards across the desolate Tibetan Plateau to Lake Manasarowar and further on to the holy Mount Kailas. The mystical importance of the place undoubtedly relates to its extraordinary appearance and unique location and is one of the high points of the Tibetan plateau, from which great rivers of the Indian sub-continent flow. We join the many Tibetan and Indian pilgrims on the challenging circuit around the Mt Kailas, then at Darboche, below Mt Kailas, we will witness the incredible Saga Dawa flagpole raising ceremony.
