Prayers and Celebrations for the Dalai Lama’s 91st Birthday, in Photos

Prayers and celebrations for the Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday

The Dalai Lama attended celebrations Monday marking his 91st birthday in Leh, India, as devotees gathered for prayers and celebrations across India and Nepal.Revered by millions of Tibetan Buddhists as a divine figure, the Dalai Lama has spent decades promoting…

Prayers and celebrations for the Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday, in photos

LEH, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama attended celebrations Monday marking his 91st birthday in Leh, India, as devotees gathered for prayers and celebrations across India and Nepal.

Dalai Lama's 91st birthday marked with prayers, cultural tributes across Leh, Dharamshala and Shimla

The 91st birthday of the Dalai Lama was celebrated with grand ceremonies across India. Thousands of devotees gathered in Leh for prayers, religious rituals and cultural performances, where the Tibetan spiritual leader addressed the. He had earlier expressed hope of living until the age of 130 and said Buddhism is witnessing growing interest in China. In Dharamshala, Tibetans in exile, supporters and local residents marked the occasion at the Tsuglagkhang Temple with prayers, cultural programmes and speeches by the Central Tibetan Administration. Special prayers were also held at Dorje Drak Monastery in Shimla.

Dalai Lama says he may live to 130 at 91st birthday celebration in Ladakh

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, July 6: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Monday said he believes he may live beyond 100 years of age, possibly reaching around 130, citing dreams and various auspicious signs, as he celebrated his 91st birthday at the Shewatsel Teaching Ground in Leh, in the Union Territory of Ladakh. “Judging from my dreams and various signs, I may live beyond one hundred years, perhaps to around one hundre…