Losar celebrations in Jammu and Kashmir, in the Ladakh district can be regarded as the most elaborate.
King Jamyang Namgyal, on the eve of setting out on an expedition against the Balti forces in winter was advised not to lead an expediting before the next year.
To solve the problem, keeping the regard of the advice, he preponed the New Year celebrations in Ladakh by two months.
This became established as a tradition and since then the Losar is celebrated on the first day of the eleventh month of every year.
The festival involves Buddhist and the pre Buddhist Bon religious practices.
It celebrates the
end of the harvesting season.
It is on the 29th day of the 10th month which marks the Losar celebrations.
The festival commences on the first day of the 11
th month officially.
