Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal is celebrating Losar Festival of Ladakh. Today is the third day of the programme. The artists from Ladakh, Shri Sonak Sopari briefed that during this day, we made a deer of flour (atta) and kept in Ladakhi Kitchen known as Changsa. Deer is worshipped as deity as per their tradition. In addition to this, special prasad were offered to sacred souls at different locations of Mane chakra and Chagsa. Then they chanting some mantras and sacred songs and request the god for blessings.

During this festival, the local Ladakhi people of Bhopal gathered and performed their rituals and folk dances in traditional costumes, dress and ornaments. Shri Sopari added that this programme also performed for their ancestors. They perform traditional dances and songs and wait to see moon at night.