In what turned out to be one of the major official functions this year, hundreds gathered at the Tsuklakhang courtyard to take part in a year's successful completion of the celebration of 360th anniversary of Gaden Phodrang government of Tibet.
The Uma Club of Rajpur Regional Tibetan Youth Congress won the Pawo Thupten Ngodup memorial cricket tournament on 11th May. The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of Shimla organized the event.
A different way of creating awareness about Tibet and the XIth Panchen Lama was organised in Mcleod Gunj on 11th May. A group of Tibet supporters gathered at the Peace Cafe in Mcleod Ganj, to conduct a frank and informal discussion on Tibet to the visiting tourists.
Lakpa Lama, a monk from the Kyidong Samtenling Monastery in Katmandu, Nepal, works Thursday on a sand mandala at the Hamersly Library at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.(TIMOTHY J. GONZALEZ)
Almost grain by grain, they are creating beauty out of nothingness. The Tibetan Monks from Kyidong Samtenling Monastery will complete their sand mandala today at Western Oregon University’s Hamersly Library.
The Dalai Lama smiles during a function marking the end of a year celebrating the 360th anniversary of the Tibetan system of government at Dharamsala, India, Friday, May 16, 2003. (AP photo/Angus McDonald)
The bones of Buddha will go on public display in Patna from Friday, the anniversary of his birth 2,600 years ago, officials said. Visitors to the Patna Museum will pay Rs. 100 rupees for the privilege of being able to view the priceless Buddhist relic in a specially designed room
China's rapid development has changed the lives of its many minority tribes forever. Many, living in tourist showcase villages, no longer really know where home is. Singing at the Yunnan Nationalities Village, a Kunming cultural exhibition centre
A female amputee in her forties called Anu and a Tibetan monk, Lobsang Namgyal, are serving prison sentences at Drapchi (Tibet Autonomous Region Prison Number One) for political offences.
