When His Holiness is in Dharamsala, we try to schedule outdoor public blessing lines throughout the week except for Sundays. Of course there are some days when he has other engagements making it impossible to schedule a public blessing line. During the blessing lines, everyone is lined up in a single file and has a few seconds opportunity to walk past His Holiness, very briefly greet him and receive his blessings. There is a registration process and security check that everyone must go through before joining the blessing line. No electronic items are allowed inside including mobile phones, ipads, etc. We have two photographers taking photos of each person while they are greeting His Holiness and receiving their blessings. After the blessing line is over, we will send you a dropbox link where you can download the photos. To join one of these blessing lines, people are asked to send a written email request to ohhdl@dalailama.com giving some background information about themselves along with the exact dates of their visit to Dharamsala. If there is a possibility the office will try its best to accommodate requests. Please note that requests given at short notice are extremely difficult to schedule. The more in advance the request is made the more chance of being included in a blessing line.
