Spituk Gustor Festival begins in Ladakh

Exam-focused facts from the 18 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Spituk Gustor is the first monastic festival of Ladakh of the year.
It is a two-day-long annual monastic festival of Spituk Monastery.
The festival is observed after a week-long period of prayers and rituals in honour of God and Goddess for world peace, prosperity and triumph over evil.
It is marked as the end of the first phase of the coldest and harsh climatic weather of Ladakh.
Ladakh is popularly known as the land of Gonpa or Buddhist Monasteries.
Spituk Gustor is the first among the 16 monastic festivals observed in Ladakh.