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There are numerous theories on the origin of the art of Thangka painting. One theory states that the art of Thangka painting originated from Indian Buddhist cloth paintings called Pata of which no sample exists. The art travelled to Tibet through Pakistan.

Gulshan Grover's latest venture has taken him towards the Tibetan cause. In the film, We Are Not Monks, Grover stars as an Indian police officer in charge of McLeodganj where the exiled Tibetan community lives.

Four climbers from Chinese-administered Tibet Wednesday scaled the world's fifth tallest peak, 8,463-metre (27,762-foot) Mount Makalu, the tourism ministry announced.

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.

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

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

Traffic is gradually returning to the roads of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) with certain restrictions and security measures still in place. Twenty-two security checkpoints are reported to have been installed along the Qinghai-Tibet highway

Dr. Tsewang Tamdin, a personal physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and pharmaceutical director at the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute (TMAI) in Dharamsala will give a public talk at Tibet Foundation Culture Centre, 2 St. James's Market

A spokesman of the State Department said on May 13, 2003 that the issue of Tibet is brought up in the United States diplomatic contacts and dialogue with China.

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