Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 11 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama departed Dharamshala on Thursday morning for Mundgod (Mungod), Karnataka, leaving from Kangra Airport where many Tibetans and foreign devotees had gathered to see him off.
Mundgod hosts several Tibetan refugees and is home to Drepung Loseling Monastery and Gaden Jangtse Monastic College. Speaking to media at Kangra Airport, the Dalai Lama said he was going to South India and thanked the Indian public, saying Indians show genuine compassion wherever he goes.
The Dalai Lama will stay in Delhi on Thursday night and travel to Mundgod on Friday. It is his winter break and he is likely to return to Dharamshala in February 2026.
On Wednesday, the Tibetan government-in-exile marked the 36th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the 14th Dalai Lama and the 77th World Human Rights Day. International delegations from the Czech Republic, Australia, France, Chile, New Zealand and Fiji joined the ceremony and addressed the gathering, expressing support and solidarity for Tibet and urging China to resume dialogue.
Around two thousand Tibetans, including exile government officials, members of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, monks, nuns and students, assembled at Thekchen Choeling Tsuglakhang, the main Tibetan temple in Dharamshala. Foreign delegates and Tibetan leaders delivered official statements, and Tibetan artists performed cultural programmes.
Delivering the Kashag’s official statement, Sikyong Penpa Tsering said the convergence of the Nobel anniversary, Human Rights Day and the Year of Compassion warranted deepest obeisance to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and warm greetings to guests and supporters of Tibet worldwide. (ANI)
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