Staff Reporter January 6, 2022   Aftab Karma Purewal, new Mayor of Cincinnati. Dharamshala: As Aftab Karma Purewal, an American of Tibetan-Indian descent, was sworn in as the new Mayor of Cincinnati on Tuesday, 4 January, Tibetans from Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio presented the new Mayor with a letter of …

Staff Reporter January 3, 2022 Dharamshala: The Department of Religion and Culture, CTA issued the following announcement from Ganden Phodrang for Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and Tibetans around the world to observe the prescribed prayers for a speedy resolution to the crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and now the gradual …

Staff Reporter December 30, 2021   Collage Image: Former Senate Majority Leader late Harry Reid and Sikyong Penpa Tsering. Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration today expressed his deep condolences at the demise of former Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid.  He passed away on 28 December …

Staff Reporter December 29, 2021   Ganden Tri Rinpoché at his residence in Sera Jé Monastery in Bylakuppe, South India, offering a mandala of the universe and representations of the body, speech and mind of enlightenment to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the start of teachings on December 29, …

December 27, 2021 Washington DC: Representative Namgyal Choedup and Staff attended Gaden Ngacho Monlam at Ragya Mahayana Buddhist Center, Virginia on Sunday December 26, 2021 on the invitation by His Eminence Shingza Rinpoche. It is the celebration to commemorate the 602nd anniversary of Je Tsongkhapa’s Parinirvana(Death). Je Tsongkhapa is the …

Staff Reporter December 28, 2021   (In Picture) Religious ceremony held at 99-foot-tall Buddha statue in Kham Drakgo before its demolition. Dharamshala: The Chinese government has demolished a 99-foot-tall Buddha statue in Kham Drakgo, incorporated into Sichuan Province, according to our sources. Additionally, 45 huge prayer wheels erected near Drakgo …