The traditional religious Kagyat Dance festival, involving mask dancing, is held every month in the monastery. The gaiety and the rhythm of the mask dance will haunt and enchant the traveler once he has seen it. The Ministry of Home Affairs and the District Magistrates of the respective areas grant permits. Individual tourists are not permitted to visit the above-mentioned areas. One is not allowed to stay for more than seven days even after getting permits to the restricted circuits.
Tourist groups are to travel on identified tour circuits only.
Nanda Devi Sanctuary, Niti Ghati and Kalindi Khal in Chamoli, Uttarkashi districts 2. Adjoining areas of Milam Glacier Individual tourists are not permitted to visit the above-mentioned areas. The Ministry of Home Affairs, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, and District Magistrates of the respective districts can grant such permits. Pemayangtse Khecheperi 5. Tashigang Individual tourists are permitted in these circuits.