Who: Two-day long annual Hemis festival dedicated to the Guru Padmasambhava
Where: largest monastery of Ladakh Hemis monastery of J&K
What: Began in Ladakh
When: 26 June 2015
Two-day long annual Hemis festival dedicated to the Guru Padmasambhava began on 26 June 2015 in largest monastery of Ladakh Hemis Gompa (monastery) of Jammu and Kashmir.

Hemis festival is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava. During this festive season, Lamas called 'chhams,' perform masked dances and sacred plays to the accompaniment of cymbals, drums and long horns. The head lama presides over the function.
The festival takes an auspicious turn every 12 years in the Tibetan Year of the Monkey, when the two-storey high Thanka depicting Padmasambhava is displayed.

List of festivals of Ladakh and venue for celebrations