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2009 / 14 Visits
January 6 – 22 / Mahuva (6-7), Sarnath (7-16), Delhi (16-19), Gulbarga (19), Hyderabad(19-20), Auroville (20-21) & Chennai (21-22)
February 2 – 3 / Delhi (2-3)
February 7 – 12  / Italy (8-10) & Germany (10-11)
February 12 – March 2 / Delhi (12-15), Bangalore (15-17), Kollegal (17-19), Mysore (19) & Bylakuppe (Feb.19-Mar.1)
March 6 / Delhi (6)
March 29 – April 1 / Delhi (Mar.29-Apr.1) & Haridwar (1)
April 19 – May 9 / Delhi (19-20), Japan (21-22) & USA (Apr.22-May7)
May 28 – June 12 / Denmark (29-31), Iceland (May31-Jun.3), The Netherlands (3-6), France (6-8) & Indore (10-11)
July 5 – 16 / Delhi (5-9) & Spiti (9-15)
July 26 – Sept. 13 / Delhi (26-27), Poland (27-29), Germany (Jul.29-Aug.3), Switzerland (3-7), Delhi (8-9), Ladakh (9-29), Delhi (29-30), Taiwan (Aug.30-Sep.4), Delhi (4-8), Slovakia (8-10), Czech Republic (10-12) & Delhi (13)
Sept. 21 – Oct. 13 / USA (22-26), Canada (Sep.26-Oct.4) & USA (4-11)
Oct. 29 – Nov. 23 / Japan (Oct.30-Nov.7), Arunachal Pradesh (8-15), Italy (16-19) & Delhi (20-23)
Nov. 28 – Dec. 12 / Australia (Nov.30-Dec.4), New Zealand (4-7) & Australia (7-11)
December 17 – 21 / Lucknow (17), Hyderabad (18-19), Gulbarga (19-20) & Delhi (21)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Frankfurt, Germany on July 31, 2009. (Photo by Manuel Bauer)

2008 / 11 Visits
January 1 – 22 / Mundgod (2-16), Bangalore (16-18), Ahmedabad (18-20) & Delhi (20-22)
March 21 – 29 / Delhi (21-29)
April 9 – 26 / Japan (10) & USA (10-24)
May 14 – June 2 / Germany (15-20), UK (20-31) & Delhi (1-2)
June 9 – 20 / Australia (11-16) & Jordan (17-19)
July 8 – 28 / Ajmer (8-9) & USA (10-26)
August 8 – 24 / Mumbai (8-10) & France (11-23)
August 28 – Sept. 9 / Mumbai (Aug.28-Sep.4) & Delhi (4-9)
October 6 – 20 / Delhi (6-20)
Oct. 29 – Nov. 15 / Delhi (29-30), Japan (31-7), Pune (8-9), Delhi (9-10), Meerut (10) & Delhi (10-15)
Nov. 25 – Dec. 13 / Nigeria (26-28), Czech Republic (Nov.29-Dec.2), Belgium (2-5) & Poland (5-12)

2007 / 8 Visits
Jan. 30 – Feb. 6 / Mumbai (Jan.30-Feb.1), Delhi (1-2) & Bodh Gaya (2-5)
March 23 – 28 / Pune (24-27) & Delhi (27-28)
April 20 – May 14 / Solan (20-22), Japan (23), USA (Apr.23-May10) & Germany (11-13)
June 4 – 21 / Australia (5-16), New Zealand (16-19) & Australia (19-20)
July 16 – August 26 / UK (17-19), Germany (19-29), Delhi (30-31), Ladakh (Jul.31-Aug.20), Narkanda (20-21) & Kinnaur (21-26)
September 8 – 25 / Delhi (8-9), Spain (9-12), Portugal (12-17), Austria (17-20), Germany  (20-24) & Delhi (25)
Oct. 7 – Nov. 3 / Delhi (7-8), U.S. (8-28), Canada (Oct.28-Nov.1), U.K. (1-2) & Delhi (2-3)
Nov. 13 – Dec. 18 / Delhi (13-14), Japan (15-23), Delhi (23-26), Amritsar (26-29), Delhi (Nov29-Dec.5) & Italy (5-17)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and religious leaders during his visit to Israel in February of 2006.

2006 / 11 Visits
January 1 – 18 / Hyderabad (2-3), Nagarjunakonda (3-4), Amaravathi (4-17) & Delhi (17-18)
January 30 / Pathankot (30)
February 4 – 21 / Delhi (4-6), Sarnath (6-11), Nalanda (11-12), Bodh Gaya (12-13) & Israel (15-19)
April 13 – May 16 / Delhi (13), Japan (14), USA (14-25), Brazil (26-30), Argentina (Apr.30-May3), Chile (3-7), Peru (7-10), Colombia (10-12) & Austria (13-15)
May 28 – June 12 / Belgium (May 29-June 6), Sangla (7-8) & Kalpa (8-12)
June 17 – 23 / Delhi (17-19) & Jordan (19-22)
August 19 – 30 / Delhi (19-20), Japan (21), Mongolia (21-28) & Japan (28-29)
Sept. 6 – Oct. 3 / Japan (7), Canada (7-11), USA (11-28) & Finland (Sep.29-Oct.2)
October 8 – 16 / Delhi (8-9), Czech Republic (9-12) & Italy (12-15)
Oct. 28 – Nov. 15 / Rampur (28-29), Delhi (29), Japan (Oct.30-Nov.12) & Mumbai (13-14)
Dec. 16 – Jan. 20 / Sarnath (17-22), Delhi (22-26), Bangalore (26-28), Hunsur (Dec.28-Jan.8), Bylakuppe (8-13), Bangalore (13-14), Kolkata (14-16), Sabroom (16-17) & Agartala (17-19)

2005 / 11 Visits
January 21 – 27 / Delhi (21), Bodh Gaya (22-26)
March 12 – 15 / Sidhbari (12-15)
March 29 / Dehra Dun (29)
April 6 – 28 / Delhi (6-7), Japan (8-19) & Sikkim (20-27)
May 11 – 22 / Kullu (11-15), Delhi (16-17) & Jordan (17-21)
June 9 – 20 / Luxembourg (10-11), Sweden (11-14), Norway (14-16), Germany (16-18) & Delhi (19)
July 25 – Sept. 30 / Delhi (25-26), Germany (26-29), Italy (July29-Aug.2), Switzerland (2-14), Delhi (15-17), Ladakh (Aug.17-Sep.7), Delhi (7-9), USA (9-27) & Delhi (29-30)
October 13 – 17 / Mumbai (13-15) & Nagpur (15-17)
October 27 / Delhi (27)
November 1 – 24 / Delhi (1-2), Japan (3), USA (3-17) & U.K. (18-23)
December 6 – 7 / Delhi (6-7)

2004 / 11 Visits
January 2 – 22 / Delhi (2-4), Bhubaneshwar (4-5), Chandragiri (5-8), Mumbai (8-9), Anandwan (9-10), Bhandara (10-14), Raipur (14), Mainpat (14-17), Varanasi (17-20) & Delhi (20-21)
February 15 – 18 / Delhi (15-18)
Feb. 29 – March 2 / Mandi (29) & Rewalsar (Feb.29-Mar.2)
April 11 – May 10 / Japan (12), USA (12-17), Canada (Apr.17-May6) & France (7-9)
May 23 – June 18 / Mumbai (23-26), U.K. (May 26-June 4) & Italy (4-7), Pin (8-12), Tabo (12-16), Dakar (16&17) & Kyi (17-18)
July 1 – 5 / Delhi (1-4)
September 1 – 3 / Amritsar (1) & Delhi (1&2)
Sept. 16 – Oct. 10 / Delhi (16&17), USA (17-23), Puerto Rico (23-25), Costa Rica (26-29), El Salvador (Sep.29-Oct.1), Guatemala (1-3) & Mexico (3-8)
Oct. 26 – Nov. 10 / Delhi (26-31), Mumbai (Oct.31-Nov.3) & South Africa (3-9)
November 19 – 21 / Chauntra (19-21)
Nov. 28 – Dec. 24 / Kalmykia (Russian Federation) (Nov.29-Dec.1), Bangalore (1-3), Bylakuppe (3-16), Hunsur (16-23) & Delhi (24)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking at the Madrasa Zeya-Oloomul Mosque in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India on January 16, 2003. (Photo by Manuel Bauer)

2003 / 10 Visits
January 3 – 24 / Delhi (4-6), Bodh Gaya (7-20) & Sarnath (20-23)
March 5 – 8 / Dehra Dun (5-8)
April 4 – 14 / Delhi (5), Hyderabad (5-7), Delhi (7-8), Nainital (8-11), Rajpur (11) & Mussoorie (11-13)
April 27 – May 10 / Delhi (27-28), Guwahati (28-29), Tenzingang (Apr.29-May 1), Dahung (1), Bomdila (1-3), Dirang (3) & Tawang (3-9)
May 21 – July 5 / Tabo (21-26), Delhi (26-28), Germany (May28-June2), Sweden (2-4), Denmark (4-10), Delhi (11-12) & Ladakh (June12-July5)
July 20 – August 1 / Ladakh (Jul.20-Aug.1)
September 3 – 26 / Japan (4) & USA (4-24)
October 5 – 23 / Delhi (5-7), Spain (7-10), France (10-17), Germany (17-18), Czech Republic (18-20), Switzerland (20-21) & Mumbai (21-22)
Oct. 30 – Nov. 12 / Japan (Oct.31-Nov.11)
Nov. 22 – Dec. 18 / Kolkata (23-24), Italy (25-29), Mumbai (Nov.30-Dec.1), Delhi (1-2), Darjeeling (2-8), Delhi (8-11), Miao (11-13), Tuting (13), Tezu (13-15), Mechuka (15), Itanagar (15-17) & Chowkham (17)

2002 / 9 Visits
March 11 – 15 / Mumbai (12-14) & Delhi (14-15)
April 6 – 9 / Mumbai (7-9) & Delhi (9)
May 17 – June 1 / Australia (18-27) & New Zealand (27-31)
June 11 – 17 / Shimla (12-17)
June 28 – July 10 / Czech Republic (June 29-July 4), Slovenia (4-6), Croatia (6-9) & Delhi (10)
August 6 – 25 / Ladakh (7-25)
October 5 – 29 / Mumbai (6-7), Delhi (7-9), Germany (9-11) & Austria (11-24), Delhi (25) & Dehra Dun (25-29)
November 3 – 10 / Japan (4) & Mongolia (4-8) & Japan (8-9)
Nov. 24 – Dec. 19 / Bylakuppe (Nov.25-Dec.4), Chitradurga (4-5), Mundgod (5-17) & Delhi (17-19)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France on October 24, 2001. (Photo by Manuel Bauer)

2001 / 10 Visits
Jan. 25 – Feb. 1 / Allahabad (25-26) & Delhi (Jan.26-Feb.1)
March 30 – April 11 / Taiwan (Mar.31-Apr.9), Kolkata (9-10) & Delhi (10-11)
May 4 – 30 / Delhi (4-5), Switzerland (5-7), USA (7-28) & Delhi (30)
June 17 – July 4 / Delhi (17-18), The Netherlands (18-19), Estonia (19-21), Latvia (21-23), Lithuania (23-27), Italy (June27-July2) & Delhi (3)
July 20 – August 6 / Delhi (20-21), Bangalore (21-22), Bylakuppe (Jul.22-Aug.4) & Chennai (4-5)
September 16 – 19 / Delhi (16-17), Kolkata (17-19) & Delhi (19)
October 17 – 26 / Delhi (17-18), Mumbai (18-21), Delhi (21-22) & France (22-25)
November 1 – 16 / Delhi (1-2), Salugara (2-10), Kalimpong (10-13) & Delhi (13-15)
Nov. 23 – Dec. 10 / Delhi (23-24), Portugal (24-29), Italy (Nov.29-Dec.4), Norway (4-9) & Delhi (10)
Dec. 16 – Feb. 10 / Hyderabad (17-18), Mundgod (Dec.19-Jan.2), Mumbai (2-3), Vadodara (3-4), Delhi (4-6), Sarnath (6-9),Bodhgaya (9-13), Rajgir (13-14), Patna (14-17), Bodh Gaya (17-27), Mumbai (Jan.27-Feb.7) & Delhi (7-9)

2000 / 11 Visits
March 12 – 18 / Mumbai (12-13), Mundgod (13-17) & Delhi (17-18)
March 28 – 31 / Ludhiana (28-29) & Delhi (29-31)
April 9 – 21 / Bangalore (10-12), Delhi (12) & Japan (13-20)
May 9 – 26 / Poland (10-13), Germany (13-15), Sweden (15-18), Denmark (18-21), Norway (21-24) & Delhi (25-26)
June 4 – 8 / Italy (5-7)
June 18 – July 5 / Delhi (18-19) & USA (June 19-July 3)
August 1 – 18 / Manali (1-2) & Kyi (3-17)
September 15 – 30 / Delhi (15-17) & France (17-29)
October 9 – 23 / Delhi (9-11), Hungary (11-14), Slovakia (14-16), Czech Republic (16-19) & U.K. (19-22)
November 12 – 20 / Chandigarh (12-13), Roorkee (13), Dehra Dun (13-19) & Mussoorie (19)
December 14 – 25 / Trivandrum (15-16), Bangalore (16-18), Kollegal (18-22), Mysore (22-24), Periyapatna (24) & Delhi (25)

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