Incantations, music, and chanting have been used in rites and rituals since the beginning of time, with roots in ancient ...

Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, has left for Ladakh, where hundreds of devotees gathered at the airport to catch a glimpse of His Holiness. Despite the rain, the atmosphere was charged ...

New Delhi: The 14th Dalai Lama arrived in Ladakh on Saturday, and he is likely to stay in the cold desert for nearly a month. During his stay in Ladakh, the Tibetan spiritual leader will reside at the ...

Namdol Phuntshok remembers carrying around rose beads and wearing only “red or yellow” so that her parents would understand her “calling” to become a nun. The y ...

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, Anand Vardhan, and Shardool Katyayan are joined ...

China has also sought to elevate other spiritual figures, particularly Tibetan Buddhism’s No. 2 figure, the Panchen Lama. A boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the new Panchen disappeared soon after, ...

Because markets have seen this show before. The template is familiar: threat, delay, offer to negotiate, and possibly — if ...

Five batches of 50 yatris will cross into Tibet through the Lipulekh pass in Uttarakhand, and 10 batches of 50 pilgrims will ...

A day after Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu said India does not share any boundary with China, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet ...

In Little Lhasa, a collection of essays and interviews, author Tsering Namgyal Khortsa takes us deep into the cultural and ...

New Delhi, Scholars, researchers and eminent spiritual leaders will gather in Delhi on Sunday for a day-long conference in commemoration of the 90th birth anniversary of the 14th Dalai Lama during ...