Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - When His Holiness the Dalai Lama reached the gate to his residence this morning, representatives of the groups offering today’s ceremony stepped forward to pay their respects and welcome him. They belonged to the Tibetan Women's Association, ex Central School for Tibetans, Dalhousie, and from Lhasa districts.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his birthday and wish him many happy returns of the day. “With its age-old traditions of ‘Ahimsa’ and ‘Karuna’, India sets an example to the world,” he wrote.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - Riding in a golf-cart from his residence to the Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple, and then walking from the lift to the temple, His Holiness the Dalai Lama smiled broadly, happy to see the people gathered to hear him teach. Of the estimated 5000 people present, 700 were from South-east Asia.
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India - The Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple, was brightly decorated today as part of a ceremony to pray for the Long Life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The pillars were wrapped in cloth in the colours of the Indian flag and hung with garlands of marigolds. The path through the courtyard was covered with red carpet.
