A 3-day All India Tibet Support Groups Conference will be held in Chandigarh on September 5-7, 2003. India Tibet Coordination Office is organizing the conference under the banner of the Core Group for Tibetan Cause, New Delhi.
Pilgrims try to get close to the huge silk portrait of the Sakyamuni Buddha with incense burning on a hillside above the Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003 in China. Thousands of pilgrims climbed the hillside to view the 42 meter-high portrait, or tanka, which was unveiled in a ceremony to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Buddha. The ceremony has been performed annually at the monastery since the 15th century. (Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Tibetan authorities are to limit the number of pilgrims visiting the traditional home of the Dalai Lama in an attempt to prevent damage to the thousand year-old landmark.
An air of serenity has settled over the Supreme Court building in Darwin. If you walk through the front doors of the building during the Festival the amazing sound of Gyuto Monks from Tibet will immediately draw you into their camp.
Wild animals breeding unchecked in reserves in the Tibet Autonomous Region will be culled to reduce pressure on grasslands. Zhoima Yangzom, an official in charge of wild animal protection with the forestry bureau of the autonomous region in southwest China
Following the May 31 forced deportation of 18 Tibetan refugees from Kathmandu by Nepalese authorities working in collusion with the Chinese Embassy, an international campaign of governmental and non-governmental approaches
If the exiled Dalai Lama is permitted to return to Tibet it is highly unlikely he would be allowed to live in his traditional home, the 1,300-year-old Potala Palace, officials said Tuesday.
China is giving a dramatic facelift to the Potala Palace, former home of the exiled Dalai Lama, as part of Beijing's efforts to protect the most lucrative and culturally sensitive symbols of the restive region.
China revealed for the first time Tuesday that the Dalai Lama was invited to return to Tibet in 1989 to attend the funeral of an important Tibetan Lama, but he turned down the opportunity.
