May 28, 1959: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, and his mother, shortly after the Tibetan Buddhist ruler fled his homeland for exile in northern IndiaBettmann / CORBIS (See Cover) Night had settled ...

One of the oldest monasteries in Ladakh, Lingshed Monastery located in Zanskar region of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. Surrounded by mountains, the Lingshed Monastery is situated in Lingshed village ...

Devotees light butter lamps at the Kumbum Monastery in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province, to pray for happiness and good health through the night on Dec 14, 2025. The Butter Lamp Festival ...

A decade ago, a six-year-old boy was named by the Dalai Lama as a spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was nominated as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama - the second-most ...

HONG KONG, June 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, "Train of Glamour " announced that it will release a new luxury train, the "Silk Road Express " on July 6th. As a cultural railway tourism brand ...

Northwest China's Qinghai province is famous for its spectacular scenery and multiethnic culture. Hoh Xil, located in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, is a UNESCO world heritage ...

On April 26, China’s Foreign Ministry was asked to comment on a U.S. State Department statement urging China to disclose the whereabouts of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. On May 14, 1995, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, ...

Lead in drinking water in the area of Kumbum monastery, a place of special devotion for Tibetans, because of waste from mine and local foundry. The authorities falsify the analysis, the police hunt ...

The Chinese government has approved a $250-million plan to redevelop the Dalai Lama’s birthplace, a remote village called Taktser, into a modern city, state media reported on Friday. Taktser, or ...

An archival photo of the Dalai Lama with his pet Lhasa Apso Senge in Dharamsala | Courtesy Tendzin Choegyal and Rinchen Khando (John Faber). His Holiness The Fourteenth Dalai Lama: An Illustrated ...