Katok Festival will be held from July 31st to August 2nd 2017, for attending this festival please visit this page
Katok Monastery is one of the six principal monasteries of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located on a top of mountain with altitude of 4200 meters above sea level approximately 70 km from Pelyul county. This festival is also called “Katok Monk Mask Dance Festival”. It is one of the major events that Katok Monastery holds almost annually. The 10th day of the 6th Month on Tibetan Calendar is the birthday of Padmasambhava (‘Lotus-born’). It is with programs of Mask Dance that to banish the evil, chanting, and Unfolding the Thangkar at noon time when the sun is at the stongest moment of a day;