January 21, 2026
Mundgod, Karnataka, India - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Drepung Gomang Monastery for the short drive to the Ganden Monastery campus. His first stop was at Jangtsé College where he had been requested to consecrate a new classroom building, and the statues of Jé Tsongkhapa and His Holiness that adorn it, as well as a new library.
January 16, 2026
Drepung Gomang, Mundgod, Karnataka, India - Yesterday, 237 students of Geshé Dorjee Damdul, Director, Tibet House, New Delhi, attended an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Geshé-la introduced the students, more than one hundred of whom were Indians while others came from many different countries around the world.
December 24, 2025
Mundgod, Karnataka, India - This morning, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove sedately from Drepung Gomang Monastery to Drepung Lachi he smiled and waved at the hundreds of people who lined the road to greet him. Horns played to indicate his arrival, while in the Drepung Lachi Assembly Hall monks chanted the ‘Mik-tse-ma’ praise to Jé Tsongkhapa.
December 14, 2025
Mundgod, Karnataka, India - Today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended the Ganden Ngamchö ceremony marking the parinirvana of Jé Tsongkhapa at Drepung Monastery at the request of the entire Gelug tradition. On this auspicious occasion, the Gelugpa Buddhist Cultural Society presented His Holiness with a commemorative award.
December 12, 2025
Mundgod, Karnataka, India-Yesterday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Dharamsala, where large numbers of Tibetans and people from overseas lined the streets and gathered at the airport to see him off, and flew to Delhi. Today, he flew on from Delhi to Hubli in Karnataka on the way to the great monastic seat of Drepung Monastery in exile.
December 2, 2025
I am deeply saddened to learn that the recent torrential rains and storms in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, and other nearby regions have resulted in tragic loss of life and caused severe hardship for millions of people. I offer my heartfelt condolences to the families of all those who have lost their lives, and I pray for the swift recovery of those who have been injured as a result of this natural disaster.
November 20, 2025
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamshala, HP, India - His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Nitish Kumar to congratulate him on his coalition’s success in the recent state assembly election. “I deeply appreciate your friendship and the generous hospitality you have extended to me during my visits to Bihar, especially to Bodh Gaya, over the years,” he wrote. “May I also convey my gratitude for your continued support and encouragement.”
