Ladakh in the North West Indian Himalaya is known by many names - Heaven Between Earth and the Sky, Little Tibet, Peaks and Lamas, Shangri La, etc. Ladakh has facinated many historians, adventure travellers, philosphers, writters, photographers, mountaineers, artists, painters, caravans, traders, monks, saints, sages and many ancient travellers. Ladakh also falls on the popular ancient Silk Route connecting East Asia and the Europe. Nubra is an important stopover valley for many silk route travellers. 

Cultural and Spiritual atmospheres in ancient ladakh attracted many researchers and writters. Cultural and Spiritual presentations in the form of calender  -  festivals like Losar celebration, monastic mask dance festivals and dance performances entertained these travellers to Ladakh. Some of the important Festivals of Ladakh listed bellow are attractions of Ladakh and many a tourist specially travelling from far and wide visit Ladakh to witness these living ancient exotic spiritual performances. 

Monastic Festivals of Ladakh like the Likir Dosmochey or Likir Festival, Stok Guru Tseshu or Stok Festival, Matho Nagrang or Matho Festival, Spituk Festival all fall in winter months. Monastic Festivals like Hemis Festival, Lamayuru Festival, Phyang Festival fall in Summer months. Monastic Festival like Thiksay Festival, Chemday Festival fall in Autumn months.

To add to these ancient spiritual and cultural festivals, many new celebrations by the Union Territory of Ladakh are also organized like the Ladakh Festvial, Ladakh Bird Festival, Ladakh Conclave, Ladakh Winter Festival, Winter Ice Clmbing Festival, etc...