PRESS RELEASE As the 2026 Elections of Sikyong and Members of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile draw near, the Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration has received numerous inquiries and observed considerable public discussion and speculation regarding the electoral process. Therefore, the Election Commission deems it necessary to clarify and inform the …

Mainpat: On the morning of 5 August 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the incumbent Kalon (Minister) of the Department of Home, began his visit to the Mainpat Tibetan Settlement with prayers at Dagpo Shedrupling Monastery in camp no 1,  a branch of Dagpo Rinpoche’s monastery, who became the first Tibetan honoured …

Shewatsel, Ladakh: On 3 August 2025, His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove to the site of the demolished Jokhang Temple in Leh. Under bright morning sun, people from all walks of life lined the road to greet him. At the Jokhang site he was welcomed by the Presidents of the …

Leh, Ladakh: In a historic moment, the leadership of the Central Tibetan Administration—comprising Sikyong Penpa Tsering, Kalon (Minister) Dolma Gyari (Department of Security), Kalon Norzin Dolma (Department of Information and International Relations), Secretary Palden Dhondup (Department of Home), Representative Jigme Jungney (Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Delhi), and …

Karsha Phodrang, Zanskar, Ladakh: Today, the early morning sun shone down the valley of the Zanskar river. His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s throne had been set up on the veranda of the Karsha Phodrang facing Karsha Monastery. Of the estimated 21,000 people who had gathered to listen to his teaching, …

Zanskar, Ladakh: In bright sunshine under blue skies this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Karsha Phodrang to drive down to the Duzin Phodrang, which refers to the ground where he gave the Kalachakra Empowerment in July 1988. He was seen off by drummers at the gate and greeted …