Candidates for Fully Ordained Monk (Gelong) listening to instructions before the actual ordination ceremony at the Drepung Gomang Debate Ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Candidates for Fully Ordained Monk arriving at the ordination venue at the Drepung Gomang Debate Ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Candidates for Fully Ordained Monk paying their respects to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Precept Master for the ordination ceremony, at the Drepung Gomang Debate Ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Candidates for Fully Ordained Monk receiving instructions at the start of the ordination ceremony at the Drepung Gomang Debate Ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
A view of the ordination venue during the Fully Ordained Monk ordination ceremony led by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Drepung Gomang Debate Ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Candidates for Fully Ordained Monk taking part in ordination ceremony rituals during the ordination ceremony led by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Drepung Gomang Debate Ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
After blessing the robes, assistants helping the Candidates for Fully Ordained Monk wear them during the ordination ceremony led by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Drepung Gomang Debate Ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
His Holiness the Dalai Lama presiding over the ordination ceremony for Fully Ordained Monks at the Drepung Gomang Debate Ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
Concluding thanksgiving prayers of the ordination ceremony for Fully Ordained Monks led by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Drepung Gomang Debate Ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
His Holiness the Dalai Lama presenting each newly Fully Ordained Monk a Buddha statue at the conclusion of the ordination ceremony at the Drepung Gomang Debate Ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
His Holiness the Dalai Lama posing for a group photo with newly Fully Ordained Monks after completing the ordination ceremony at the Drepung Gomang Debate Ground in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
