Tibet horse festival. Image: flickr/Wen Yan King
Tibetan Losar, the Tibetan New Year is one of the most important festivals, which is held on the 1st to 3rd days of the first lunar month in the Tibetan calendar. Accordingly, in 2015, it will be observed on February 18. Continue reading
Draksum-tso Eastern Tibet. Photo: tak.wing
Your travel to Tibet is not complete without a visit to the vast region known as Kham, home to the legendary Khampa warriors of yore.They have often been likened to the cowboys of America, and this likeness is all the more pronounced by their fondness for wearing flamboyant cowboy hats and hardy leather boots, in addition to the fact that they are skilled horse riders. Continue reading
Tibet tours are full of history and give you the chance to visit quite a few religious pilgrimage sites that continue to mystify with their myths and legends. The Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse, a town only second after Lhasa in size, Continue reading
Most people’s Tibet tour begins from its capital, Lhasa, which contains world heritage sites like the Potala Palace, the Jokhang Temple, and the Norbulingka—the first, the main seat of the Dalai Lama, and the last, his summer residence, while Jokhang is the most revered shrine in the country. Continue reading
Planning to travel to Tibet? You might like to know when the best time to visit Tibet is. Well, April to October is the period when Tibet tourism is on a roll, with August and September being the two months when a lot of Tibet tours are planned. Continue reading
Tibet Autonomous Region has an area of over 1.2 million sq km and is located on the southwest frontier of the People’s Republic of China. With the average elevation of over 4,000m, Tibet is also known as ‘the roof of the world’. Tibet shares borders with Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Nepal. Continue reading
Potala Palace. Image: flickr/Richard IJzermans
The great Mongolian Emperor Kublai Khan wished to honor one his most respected teachers of the past, Chos-rje pa Sakya. So, he ordered his current spiritual teacher, Lama Phags-pa, to build a golden stupa in Lhasa in his honor. Phags-pa was in somewhat of a conundrum. Looking around, he didn’t see any architect good enough to build a stupa that would impress the great emperor. Continue reading
It is the center of the world, according to ancient texts. Four of the world’s mightiest rivers, Indus (also known as Sindhu in India), Sutlej, Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsang-po in Tibetan), and Karnali (the Ganges’ largest tributary) all originate within a 30-mile radius around this site located in far-western Tibet. Continue reading