Brief Introduction to Saga Dawa Festival
Saga Dawa (Saga Dawa Festival ས་ག་ཟླ་བ) refers to the full month of April based on Tibetan lunar calendar. It is the most important month according to the doctrine of Buddhism for consisting five major events of twelve deeds of the supreme emanational body of Buddha e.g. taking birth, practicing asceticism, vanquishing Mara’s host, attaining perfect enlightenment and passing into the final nirvana. April 15 is the rich-blessed day as it considered and is the encountering date of three deeds a day such as taking birth, attaining perfect enlightenment and passing into the final nirvana. Buddha had passed the heredity succession Buddhism to Osung and shown he passing into the nirvana with forming four different arm gestures for the rest of the world.
Saga Dawa and Tibetan People’s Realization
Saga Dawa festival tour is such a spiritual event that has been entered into the deep virtual faith of Tibetans. This full month is considered to be the one and only important festival throughout Tibet. So, every Tibetan people take care about their deeds for good actions to accumulate merits as it doubles the result for any good or evil actions shown in the specific period.
Saga Dawa and Tibetan People’s Spiritual Practice
Prior to five decades, all Tibetan people pay homage in the Jokhang Temple, the Ramoche Temple, the Norbulingka, the Potala and doing a Lhasa Lingkor (outer track of circumambulation in the Lhasa city) together with officials from the administration. Especially, Tibetan people will provide a new dress to images in the temple and monasteries as well. During the days, people in Lhasa will get up early for prostrating and offerings in the first and foremost of a day. Then, well dressed up them and going to Zonggyab Lukhang (Back side of Potala Palace) with bunches of packed snakes and food, where to celebrate and spend the blessing moments by singing songs and vocal cords. Among many of the good deeds, a mutual deed that Tibetan people really care of during the Saga Dawa is not attempting a single sin consciously valued to be evil. Thus, eating meats, harming a life and even a harsh speech is being strained from inner of every individual.
Mt. Kailash – A Pilgrimage Destination During Saga Dawa
Since Mt. Kailash is the most sacred mountain throughout Tibet. The region does always seen crowded with pilgrims from everywhere in Tibet. Even, it is a long distance to reach by any means transportation. Still there are a limited number of people will gather and celebrate the festival at Dharpoche. The flagpole areas blow the holy mountain. There will be special lamas to start the festival in the in the very spot on 15th and the festival ends after setting the new flagpole as it is doing every year, for the glory of Mt. Kailash. The Kailash Saga Dawa Festivaltour will take more than 3 hours to complete setting of circumstance and new prayer flag by people. After end of the Saga Dawa Festival Festival everyone in the place will start kora (Circumambulation) around the mountain. Normally, local people can finish the full kora within 14–15 hours. Are you ready to book Saga Dawa Festival Tour 2023 early?
How to get there
Travelers abroad usually do trek Holy Mountain within three easy days. It is a memorable experience to do this trekking for any means, especially during the Saga Dawa Festivals. In order to arrive at Dharchen (a small town below Mt. Kailsh, is also a place to stay overnight before trekking) a traveler may need at least three days if the trip starts from both Lhasa as well as Kathmandu. There is also flight availability only from Lhasa. The capital town of Ngari region, from where it takes five hours driving to Dharchen.
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