Saga Dawa Festival

Saga Dawa is a significant Tibetan Buddhist festival celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Gautama Buddha. Observed during the fourth lunar month, it is known as the "Month of Merits," where practitioners focus on prayer, compassion, and charity. Key rituals include the unfurling of giant thangkas and the replacement of the Tarboche flagpole. Pilgrims engage in kora, circling sacred sites while chanting mantras to accumulate positive karma and spiritual blessings.