Hemis Gompa is a two-day festival and depicts a dance-homage to the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava - known also as Guru Rimpoche, the founder of Tantric Buddhism and main saint who established Buddhism in Tibet. Hemis Gompa, also known as Tse Shoe ,is the name of the occasion that is celebrated at various places every year. The Hemis Gompa was founded 350 years ago and is one of the wealthiest monasteries in Ladakh. Hemis belongs to the Kagupa Brugpa sect of Buddhism, the sect dominant in Bhutan. The monastery is situated in the South of Leh, on the south bank of the Indus River. The Hemis monastic complex is located in the state of Jammu and Kashmir within the Ladakh region of the Western Himalayas, at an altitude of 12,000 feet making it one of the highest settlements of the world.