Religious Festival · Ladakh
Spituk Gustor
Spituk Monastery, Spituk
Photo: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A winter monastery festival of masked dances at Spituk near Leh.
Spituk Gustor is held at Spituk Monastery near Leh on the 28th and 29th of the eleventh Tibetan month, usually in January, with masked dances and a procession.
Planning a visit
- When: Usually January. The next dates have not been announced yet.
- Where: Spituk Monastery, Spituk, Ladakh.
- Book stays early if your dates fall on the main days: towns fill up around popular fairs and festivals.
Sources
Last checked 27 October 2026. Dates and arrangements are set by the organisers and can change.
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