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His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Delhi, India in June of 1979.

1979 / 4 Visits
Jan. 20 – Feb. 17 / Delhi (21-23), Allahabad (24-26), Varanasi (26-28), Sealdah (29-31), Bhubaneshwar (Jan.31-Feb.2), Chandragiri (2-8), Kanpur (9-11) & Bodh Gaya (12-15)
April 12 – 24 / Manikaran (12-24)
June 11 – 20 / Delhi (11-12), Moscow, USSR (13), Buryat, USSR (14-15) & Mongolia (15-18)
July 5 – October 23 / Delhi (6-9), Bombay (9-11), Switzerland (Jul.11-Aug.2), Greece (2-7), Switzerland (Aug.7-Sep.3) & USA (Sep.3-Oct.21)

1978 / 6 Visits
January 12 – 29 / Bodh Gaya (14-28)
May 19 – 24 / Ambala (19-20), Delhi (20-21) & Aurangabad (21-23)
June 17 – 30 / Simla (17-19), Kalpa (19-21), Rekong Peo (23-24), Kaza (25-28), Simla (28-29) & Chandigarh (29-30)
September 16 – 21 / Delhi (17-20)
October 3 – 9 / Delhi (3-4) & Japan (4-6)
November 3 – 9 / Calcutta (5-7)

1977 / 2 Visits
Jan. 30 – Feb. 10 / Delhi (Jan.31-Feb.1), Varanasi (2-5) & Bodh Gaya (5-8)
July 21 – August 27 / Delhi (21-25), Mundgod (July25-Aug.1), Kollegal (1-16), Bylakuppe (16-25) & Delhi (25-26)

1976 / 1 Visit
Aug. 23 – Sept. 25 / Gulmarg (1), Kargil (27-28), Leh (Aug.29-Sep.13) & Manali (15-25)

1975 / 5 Visits
April 1 – 15 / Palampur (1-8), Manali (8-14) & Rewalsar (14-15)
May 21 – June 6 / Darjeeling (23-3)
June 28 – July 1 / Srinagar (June28-July1)
November 15 – 20 / Delhi (16-19)
December 17 – 26 / Mundgod (20-22) & Bhandara (23-25)

1974 / 4 Visits
Feb. 24 – March 21 / Delhi (25-26), Bhandara (26-28), Mundgod (2-9), Bylakuppe (9-13), Hunsur (13-16) & Delhi (19-20)
September 7 – 28 / Switzerland (7-24)
October 21 – 27 / Rekong Peo (21-24), Kyi (24-26) & Kaza (26-27)
Oct. 31 – Nov. 12 / Delhi (1-4), Mainpat (6-9) & Delhi (11)

1973 / 6 Visits
Jan. 3 – Feb. 15 / Delhi (4), Mundgod (5-17), Pondicherry (18-19), Chandragiri (20-26) & Bodh Gaya (Jan.28-Feb.13)
March 10 – 12 / Delhi (11)
April 22 – 26 / Mussoorie (23-25)
September 12 – 15 / Delhi (13-14)
Sept. 28 – Nov. 12 / Italy (Sep.29-Oct.1), Switzerland (1-7), The Netherlands (7-9), Belgium (9), Ireland (9-10), Norway (10-13), Sweden (13-17), Denmark (17-20), UK (20-30), West Germany (Oct.30-Nov.5), Austria (5-6) & Switzerland (6-11)
Dec. 23 – Jan. 17 / Bodh Gaya (25-16)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Thai monks during his visit to Thailand in January of 1972.

1972 / 1 Visit
Jan. 3 – Feb. 6 / Bodh Gaya (5-22) & Thailand (Jan.22-Feb.5)

1971 / 1 Visit
Dec. 30 – Jan. 5 / Varanasi (1-3)

1970 / 2 Visits
October 24 – 27 / Ladakh (24-27)
Dec. 19 – Jan. 15 / Delhi (20), Bombay (21-22), Pune (22-27), Bombay (27-29), Mundgod (Dec.29-Jan.2) & Bylakuppe (Jan.2-14)

1969 / 3 Visits
Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 / Delhi (Sep.30-Oct.2)
Oct. 9 – Nov. 7
/ Delhi (10-12), Mussoorie (13-15), Delhi (16-17), Sanchi (17-21), Nalanda (23-26), Bodh Gaya (Oct.26-Nov.1), Sarnath (1-4) & Gorakhpur (5)
November 19 – 24 / Jalandhar (19-21) & Amritsar (21-24)

1968 / 2 Visits
April 10 – 27 / Manikaran (10-26), Mandi (26-27) & Rewalsar (27)
November 25 – 29 / Delhi (26-28)

1967 / 6 Visits
April 10 – 23 / Dalhousie (10-23)
May 10 – 15 / Dehra Dun (11) & Mussoorie (11-15)
May 24 – 29 / Bir (24 – 29)
Sept. 23 – Oct. 12 / Delhi (24) & Japan (Sep.25-Oct.10)
November 10 – 19 / Thailand (11-17)
Dec. 3 – Jan. 2 / Delhi (4), Bombay (5-9), Hubli (10-11), Mundgod (11-18), Hyderabad (20-21), Mainpat (23-26), Bhopal (27-28) & Varanasi (Dec.30-Jan.2)

1966 / 6 Visits
January 11 – 14 / Delhi (11-13)
April 23 – 29 / Patiala (23), Simla (23-27) & Drochi (27-29)
May 7 – 12 / Panchimari (8-11)
August 3 – 7 / Delhi (4-6)
August 25 – 30 / Ladakh (25-30)
October 13 – 25 / Kullu (13-24) & Rewalsar (24-25)

1965 / 3 Visits
Sept. 6 – Oct. 29 / Bylakuppe (Sep. 10-20), Mysore (20-26), Ooty (26-27), Mysore (Sep.27-Oct.2), Bylakuppe (2), Mysore (2-9), Cochin (10-12), Kanyakumari (12-14), Kottayam (14), Rameswaram (16), Mysore (17-18), Delhi (20-21), Mussoorie (21-24) & Delhi (24-28)
December 5 – 6 / Simla (5-6)
Dec. 23 – Jan. 6 / Lucknow (24-25), Bodh Gaya (Dec.26-Jan.1) & Varanasi (1-5)

1964 / 7 Visits
March 2 – 3 / Amritsar (2-3)
April 20 – 25 / Mussoorie (21-24)
May 17 – 27 / Delhi (18-26)
June 6 – 10 / Allahabad (8)
September 7 – 13 / Manali (7-13) & Rewalsar (13)
Sept. 22 – Oct. 4 / Delhi (23) & Bylakuppe (26-30)
Nov. 25 – Dec. 12 / Lucknow (26), Bodh Gaya (27), Varanasi (28-30), Calcutta (Dec.1-5) & Chandragiri (6-9)

1963 / 1 Visits
April 23 – 26 / Mussoorie (23-25)

1962 / 4 Visits
March 12 – 27 / Delhi (13), Mysore (16-18), Bylakuppe (18-20), Mysore (20-22), Bangalore (22-23) & Delhi (25-26)
May 13 – 15 / Dalhousie (13-15)
October 10 – 20 / Shimla (11-16) & Delhi (16-19)
October 21 – 24 / Mandi (21-22), Kullu (22), Manali (22-23), Rewalsar (23) & Mandi (23-24)

1961 / 1 Visit
April 14 – 21 / Delhi (15-20)

1960 / 1 Visit
June 28 – July 3 / Dalhousie (28-3)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama visiting the Taj Mahal in Agra, UP, India in December of 1959.

1959 / 3 Visits
June / Delhi
September / Delhi
Dec. 7 – Feb. 15 / Agra (Dec. 8-9), Sanchi (10), Ajanta (11), Elmora (12), Bombay (13-17), Madras (19-21), Madurai (22-23), Tiruchirappali (23), Bangalore (25-27), Mysore (27-31), Patna (Jan. 3-4), Gorakhpur (5-8), Kushinagar (9-10), Varanasi (11-24) & Bodh Gaya (Jan. 25 -Feb. 14)

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