❖ The Hemis Festival, known as Hemis Tsechu, celebrates the birth of Guru Padmasambhava in Ladakh.

❖ The Hemis Festival celebrates the birth of Guru Padmasambhava, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism.

❖ Another rare event during the festival is the unveiling of a giant thangka, a religious painting on cloth, which happens once every 12 years.

❖ The next unfurling will take place in 2025.