Ladakh celebrates 'Dosmoche', winter festival

Hundreds of Buddhist followers converge at Leh in Jammu & Kashmir to witness the spectacular mask dances performed by Buddhist monks on the occasion of the winter festival of "Dosmoche". The hills surrounding the courtyard of the main monastery of Leh, situated below the palace gates came alive with activity as people dotted the slopes for the two-day annual winter festival "Dosmoche", of mountainous Ladakh, which recently concluded.