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Trumpeters at Hemis monastery herald the start of the Hemis festival at the Hemis Monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, located in Hemis, 45 kms away from Leh in Ladakh. ..His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa Lineage (proponents of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition) ended his "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra from Manali to Hemis Monestary in Ladakh.
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Trumpeters at Hemis monastery herald the start of the Hemis festival at the Hemis Monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, located in Hemis, 45 kms away from Leh in Ladakh. ..His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, the head of the Drukpa Lineage (proponents of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition) ended his "Walking On The World's Rooftop" Pad Yatra from Manali to Hemis Monestary in Ladakh.