Shewatsel, Leh, Ladakh: An estimated 50,000 people gathered under the blazing sun for a second day today on the Kalachakra Teaching Ground adjacent to the Shewatsel Phodrang. Their purpose was to offer prayers for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. As a team of traditional Ladakhi drummer …

Leh, Ladakh: This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove from his residence at the Shewatsel Phodrang to the pavilion at the other end of the teaching ground where he has given the Kalachakra Empowerment twice in the past. The ground was packed with an estimated 50,000 people. Children were …

Dharamshala: The government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has imposed sweeping security restrictions on Tibetans marking the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Credible sources report that Chinese authorities deployed large numbers of police to Karze Monastery, effectively confining monks and nuns within the monastery premises …

In December 2024, the acting head and scriptural teacher of Hor Tsang Kirti Monastery was forcibly detained by Chinese authorities in Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) County, Kanlho (Gannan) Prefecture in Tibet’s traditional province of Amdo, incorporated into China’s Gansu Province. According to a reliable source, Chinese authorities also conducted a search …

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 …