Losar is the Tibetan New Year that is celebrated by the followers of Tibetan Buddhism. In India this is observed along the Himalayan belt like Ladak, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarkhand, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Arunachal Pradesh and the Tibetan settlements where the followers of Vajrayana, the Tibetan Buddhism, traditionally live or have settled down from Tibet. Vajrayana sect is also called the Tantric Buddhism or Lamaism as it is based on tantric practices and beliefs performed by the Blamas (religious gurus; ‘B’ is silent). Losar also symbolises harvest festival as the bumper winter yield would have been reaped around that time.
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