China intensifies crackdown on Tibetan monastic education, enforces stringent restrictions on young monks
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, March 20: The Chinese government is reportedly imposing severe restrictions on new monk enrollments across monasteries in the Amdo region(Ch. Qinghai), with particularly harsh measures at Dzoge Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery and Ngaba Kirti Monastery. Authorities have not only strictly prohibited young children from residing in monasteries but have also barred them […]
Tawang to host ‘Freedom Trail’ foot march retracing Dalai Lama’s 1959 escape
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Mar. 20: The Tawang District Administration has announced a six-day trekking event titled the ‘Freedom Trail’ of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to commemorate the Tibetan spiritual leader’s historic escape from Tibet in 1959. The event, set to begin on March 31, will retrace the path taken by the Dalai Lama when he […]