The great Festival of the Buddha’s Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma (Chökhor Düchen) occurs each year on the 4th day of the 6th month in the Tibetan calendar. This commemorates the first teaching given by Śākyamuni Buddha following his attainment of awakening beneath the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya and is thought to have taken place at the Deer Park in Sarnath (now northern India).