Losar

Subject: Art and Culture

Context: Tibetan New Year is being celebrated today.

Concept:

It is a festival of Tibetan Buddhism.
It is celebrated on lunisolar (a calendar in many cultures whose date indicates both the Moon phase and the time of the solar year.) Tibetan calendar.
It is celebrated on various dates depending on depending on location (Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India, and Pakistan) tradition.
It corresponds to a date in February or March in the Gregorian calendar.
It is known as Lhochhar in Nepal.
In Ladakh religious offering is made to the deities in domestic shrines or GOMPAS.
Cultural event, rituals and traditional performances are also organized.