July 3, 2012 11:29 am

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama offering prayers to condole the demise of the 10th Panchen Lama’s mother at the main temple in Dharamsala on 3 July 2012/Photo by Drubgyue Nyima
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today presided over a prayer service in Dharamsala to condole the recent demise of Sonam Dolma, mother of the late His Serenity the 10th Panchen Lama. Sonam Dolma breathed her last in Siling in eastern Tibet on 29 June. She was 97.
Hundreds of Tibetans, including the entire officials of the Central Tibetan Administration, attended the prayer service at the main temple, which was jointly organised by the central and regional committees of Domey province.

- Monks offering prayers for the late mother of the 10th Panchen Lama, Sonam Dolma, who passed away in Tibet on 29 June, in Dharamsala on 3 July 2012














