Dalai Lama returns to D’shala

Kullu: Despite heavy rainfall and inclement weather, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamshala on Tuesday afternoon to a warm welcome from the Tibetan community and devotees, following a month-and-a-half-long sojourn in Ladakh. The leadership from the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), along with distinguished guests attending the 65th Tibetan Democracy Day celebrations, also gathered to receive the Dalai Lama at his residence. Over the course of the Dalai Lama's extended visit to Ladakh, the spiritual master journeyed to Zanskar, where he inaugurated the KarGön mega summer symposium, and laid the foundation stone for the Zanskar Mönlam Chörten. While in Leh, the Dalai Lama laid the foundation of the new Jokhang Temple, consecrated the Dharma Centre at Choglamsar, and addressed approximately 50,000 followers during two major public teachings on 16 and 17 August at Shiwatsel — an event that also featured long-life prayers in his honour.