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My dinner at Shambala started off with an appetizer of hot sheep’s blood soup followed by fried sheep lung and a zesty ox-tongue chaser. Just kidding, but these are the sorts of food one might expect to be served at local restaurants in Tibet.

A new air route connecting Guangzhou,capital of south China's Guangdong Province, to Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will be launched on Saturday.

The Pithorgarh administration said Indian traders can start to trade with China via the Lipu-Lekh pass. The Lipu-Lekh pass is situated at an altitude of 17,500 feet in the Pithorgarh district, on the border with Tibet.

Anticipation of the Dalai Lama of Tibet's Sept. 7 visit to Bloomington increased Wednesday when it was announced that Muhammad Ali also will attend the events planned for that day.

The wait for the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinlay Dorjee , who heads the Kagyu Karma sect of Tibetan Buddhists to visit the Rumtek monastery in Sikkim may soon be over as there is a hint from the Centre that he may be allowed to visit the monastery.

India on Thursday accused China of cross-border intrusion by troops and said the incident last month ran counter to the spirit of a landmark accord to maintain peace on the disputed frontiers.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today became the first Indian political party to visit Tibet when a three-member delegation was allowed in by the Chinese government to tour the sensitive remote Himalayan region.

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A group of six Tibetan Buddhist monks will construct a sand mandala, an art work representing a house of the Buddha of compassion, at Morningside College.

As requested by Bliss and Wisdom Monastery Corp. Tapei, Taiwan His Holiness the Dalai Lama will continue his teaching at Thekchen Choeling Monastery (Tibetan Temple courtyard) on Je Tsongakhapa's Ngagrim Chenmo