After being ticked off by Hemis Festival (2014), I did an online research and put up this list of lesser known monastic festivals where you can see Chham dances without having to reserve place or getting insulted. These monasteries might not be as wealthy as Hemis Monastery, but you will get a heartwarming treatment there. Here you go -
Name of Festival | Monastery | Month |
LADAKH | ||
Spituk Gustor | Spituk Monastery | January |
Gustor | Phuktal Monastery (Zanskar) | January |
Dosmoche | Leh/Likir Monastery/Diskit Monastery | February |
Yargon Tungshak | Yarma gonbo monastery (Nubra Valley) | February/March |
Guru Tse-Chu | Stok Monastery | February/March |
Matho Nagrang | Matho Monastery | March |
Yuru-Kabgyat | Lamayuru Monastery | June |
Shachukul Gustor | Shachukul Monastery | June/July |
Karsha Gustor | Karsha Monastery (Zanskar) | July |
Phyang Tsedup | Phyang Monastery | July/August |
Korzok Gustor | Korzok Monastery (Tso Moriri) | July |
Deskit Gustor | Diskit Monastery | October/November |
Thiksey Gustor | Thiksey Monastery | October/November |
LAHAUL & SPITI | ||
Ki Chham | Ki Monastery (Spiti) | June/July |
Chham | Shashur Monastery (Lahaul) | June/July |
Chakar festival (Every 3 yrs) | Tabo Monastery (Spiti) | September/October |
Guktor festival | Dhankar Monastery (Spiti) | November |
SIKKIM | ||
Winter chham/Kagyed dance | Rumtek Monastery | December |
Drupchen Chham (Every 2 yrs) | Rumtek Monastery | June |
Pang Lhabsol | Ralang Monastery | September |
Detor Cham | Enchey Monastery | January |
Gutor Chham | Ralang Monastery | December |
Arunachal Pradesh | ||
Torgya Festival | Tawang Monastery | January |
Bomdila Festival | Bomdila Monastery | October/November |

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