लोसार (लद्दाख)

Tibetan Buddhist New Year celebrated in Ladakh, Spiti, Lahaul, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh. Features elaborate Cham mask dances by monks at monasteries like Hemis, Thiksey, and Spituk. Families clean homes, cook traditional Tsampa dough sculpture (Torma), and light butter lamps. Falls in late January–February by the Tibetan lunar calendar.

1. RecurrenceFixed · month 2 · day 1 · pañcāṅga ruletextual
2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
3. Name (eng/Latn)Losar — Tibetan Buddhist New Year in Ladakh and Sikkimtextual
4. Name (hin/Deva)लोसार (लद्दाख)textual
5. Name (tam/Taml)லோஸர்textual
6. Name (tel/Telu)లోసార్textual
7. Name (kan/Knda)ಲೋಸಾರ್textual
8. Name (mal/Mlym)ലൊസർtextual

• eng / LatnLosar — Tibetan Buddhist New Year in Ladakh and SikkimTibetan Buddhist New Year celebrated in Ladakh, Spiti, Lahaul, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh. Features elaborate Cham mask dances by monks at monasteries like Hemis, Thiksey, and Spituk. Families clean homes, cook traditional Tsampa dough sculpture (Torma), and light butter lamps. Falls in late January–February by the Tibetan lunar calendar.
• hin / Devaलोसार (लद्दाख)लद्दाख, स्पीति और सिक्किम में तिब्बती बौद्ध नव वर्ष — मठों में छाम (मुखौटा) नृत्य और परंपराएँ।
• tam / Tamlலோஸர்
• tel / Teluలోసార్
• kan / Kndaಲೋಸಾರ್
• mal / Mlymലൊസർ

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