Here is a look at the life of his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, Buddhist spiritual leader of the people of Tibet. Personal Birth date: July 6, 1935 Birth place: Taktser, Amdo, Eastern T ...

His new book traces his move into a monastery in 1991, encounters with the Dalai Lama and Leonard Cohen, and what it takes to ...

The fall has emerged as the hottest time for adventure travel, appealing to those who want to explore exotic locales without the summer crowds ...

You can find the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, Tibet's second largest city found 168 miles west of Lhasa. Since you are not allowed to travel outside of Lhasa independently under the terms ...

In Lhasa, the regent had a vision – of a small house with strangely shaped guttering near to a three-storey monastery with a gold and turquoise roof and a path running from it to a hill – and ...

Residents sweep through a market in Barkhor Shopping Mall in Lhasa, Xizang autonomous region, in preparation for the Losar New Year's celebration. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn] As the ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 16, 2025 shows the snow scenery of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida) An aerial drone photo taken on ...

The Residence of Dalai Lama also Known as Little Lhasa famous for Tibetan Cultures ... Range and is one of the best places for adventure seekers. The personal monastery of Dalai Lama which is a ...

At the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, a layer cake of whitewashed ... which went from Lijiang to Lhasa, then southward to Kolkata. He said he often had to ward off tigers and bandits.