Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India - The sun was blazing hot when it broke through scattered clouds this morning as His Holiness the Dalai Lama turned off the main road at Choglamsar and crossed the local bridge over the River Indus. Schoolchildren and local residents lined the road to greet him as his car drove through the villages.
Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Shri Ram Nath Kovind to congratulate him on his election as President of India, the world's most populous democratic nation.
Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India - On the day following his return by road from the Nubra Valley, Sunday, 16th July, His Holiness the Dalai Lama flew by helicopter from Leh to Padam, capital of Zanskar. He was welcomed on arrival by local officials and members of the committee that had organized his visit.
Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India - The rising sun caught the distant hill-tops and the undersides of the clouds as His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Samstanling Monastery this morning. The monks of the monastery, some very old and some very young, gathered to see him off.
