As per the 2011 census, the literacy rate of Lahaul and Spiti district is
The district of Lahaul-Spiti in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh consists of the two formerly separate districts of Lahaul and Spiti. The present administrative centre is Keylong in Lahaul. Before the two districts were merged, Kardang was the capital of Lahaul, and Dhankar the capital of Spiti.
In the Hindu religion, the festival of Maha Kumbh is celebrated every 12 years on the banks of one of the holiest rivers - Ganga in Haridwar, Kshipra in Ujjain, the Godavari in Nasik and Sangam in Allahabad where Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati meet.