EXILED TIBETANS PRAY FOR DALAI LAMA

The Dalai Lama attending a prayer ceremony for him at the Tsuglagkhang Temple in McLeodganj near Dharamsala on Monday; and (below) Tibetan women participating in the event. The ceremony, ‘Tenshung’, is aimed at requesting the spiritual teacher to live a long life for the preservation of Buddhist teachings. Hundreds of Tibetans, monks, nuns and foreign followers of the Dalai Lama participated in the ceremony organised by Tibetan NGOs in exile. SHYAM SHARMA/HT