This festival was started by Ladakh royals. Dosmoche is celebrated every year in February with great enthusiasm in Leh, Likir and Diskit monasteries. The courtyard of the chapels below Leh Palace resonate with the sound of drums and thumping steps of masked Lamas from various monasteries performing their sacred dance. It is a two day annual festival where the Lamas from Takthok Monastery (the only remaining Nyingmapa school monastery) who are experts in astrology and tantric practices prepare the complex thread crosses to capture evil spirits.
