Saga Dawa

Gangtok India
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NearBy Airport
Pakyong, Bagdogra
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Best Season
January - December
  • Visiting Time : 08 AM - 5 PM
  • Ideal Duration : 4 Hrs
  • Best for : Art & Culture
  • Distance from City Centre : 33 KM km
  • Local Transport Mode : Taxi

One of the most vital and sacred Buddhist festivals celebrated in Sikkim is the Saga Dawa Festival. It marks the triple occasion of Lord Buddha’s Birth and death which makes it a spiritually critical day for Buddhists. The festival widely falls on the total moon day of the fourth month in the Tibetan lunar calendar, commonly falling between May and June.


Devotees from throughout the place come together to perform rituals, provide prayers and take part in diverse spiritual sports during the Saga Dawa Festival in Sikkim. Monasteries in Sikkim consisting of Rumtek and Enchey are adorned with lovely flags and priests chant sacred mantras and scriptures. The festival is well-known for its majestic and spiritual fervour which pulls locals and travelers.


The Saga Dawa Festival of Sikkim holds unique importance as humans believe that acts of compassion and kindness all through this time deliver large non-secular worship. In this festival, many devotees are involved in charitable acts, which include feeding the needy and releasing animals. 


One of the primary highlights of the Sikkim Festival Saga Dawa is the holy procession which starts offevolved from Tsuklakhang Monastery in Gangtok. Monks bring holy scriptures, religious relics, and pics of Lord Buddha as they walk through the streets, chanting prayers.


The Saga Dawa Sikkim Festival is a unique blend of devotion, culture and way of existence. It showcases deep-rooted Buddhist values ??such as kindness and non-violence. If you need to discover the Sikkim Saga Dawa festival, it offers a unique opportunity to witness the wealthy secular background of this competition. 


Saga Dawa festival celebrations in Sikkim provide serene and wealthy cultural bliss to the site visitors of the location. This makes it an ought-to-see opportunity for everybody to be interested in Buddhist Culture. This festival is more enjoyable if you include it in Sikkim Tour Packages by Kiomoi.

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