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With the summer at its peak, most of the tourists who used to come here during this part of the year were keeping away due to intense heat. Dharamsala, which attracts large number of foreign tourists due to the abode of the Dalai Lama

Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), Dharamshala remembers 23 May 2004 as the 53rd anniversary of the 17 Point Agreement, which has signed between Tibet and China. This controversial document conclusively shows that it was an agreement between two independent and sovereign states.

The Tibetan Youth Congress disapproved the 17-point agreement signed between independent Tibet and China 53 years ago on May 23, 1951, as it was thrust upon the Tibetan government and its people under duress by China.

In a small stone house in Ladakh, a Himalayan region in India's state of Jammu and the disputed territory of Kashmir, a hair-raising healing ritual is taking place. A Buddhist man ailing from liver problems, a Muslim woman suffering from depression

Visiting Buddhist monks are ditching their traditional robes and sandals for football strips and boots for a charity match in Glasgow.

The prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile will highlight environmental degradation in Tibet caused by the Chinese government during a visit to Europe starting Thursday, a top official here said.

The presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s representative at the inauguration of Taiwanese President Chen Shui Bian’s second presidential term will not hinder relations between Beijing and Dharamsala, said Mr. Tashi Wangdi

China announced Wednesday it has developed a sign language for the deaf and mute in Tibet -- a country it occupied more than 50 years ago. Officials said it is the first sign language system for a minority in China

Tibet: Shangri-La, the Land of Snows, home to mountain ranges of myth and legend and a people stripped of their culture. The inaccessible peaks and the mysteries of the monasteries have long fascinated westerners fated to live out their lives at a lower level.

Buddhism teaches that Buddha is in everything, but not, it seems, on the crotch of a bikini model. When the American lingerie company Victoria's Secret launched their Buddha Bikini this summer, which featured images of Buddha around the breasts and crotch