Tibetan

Chotrul Duschen, the Great Prayer Festival of Tibet falls in the first lunar month of Tibetan calendar just after Tibetan Losar - New Year festivities. It was once observed with great religious fervour by the Tibetans in Tibet every year. More

Bylakuppe: Dickey Larsoe Tibetan settlement and Nyamdrel (The Federation of Tibetan Cooperatives) marked its 50th founding anniversary on 7 September. The golden jubilee celebration was attended by Chief Guest Prof SN Kiran Shankar, son of late former Karnataka Chief Minister S Nijalingappa, special guests S. More

Ravangla, Sikkim: The Minister for Tourism & Civil Aviation and Commerce & Industries, Sikkim, Shri Bedu Singh Panth visited Ravangla on Tuesday to mark the grand celebration of the 36th Pang Lhabsol, Sikkim's most important indigenous festival. More

Dharamshala: Honourable Shivraj Singh Chouhan, National Vice President of BJP, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and the current member of the legislative assembly of the State today paid a courtesy call on the President of Central Tibetan Administration Dr Lobsang Sangay at the Kashag Secretariat in Dharamshala. More

Geneva: At the ongoing 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council signature petition calling for the immediate release of the 11th Panchen Lama and Jadrel Rinpoche was submitted to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on 3rd July. Ven. More

London: On 27th June - penultimate day of visit program, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, President of Central Tibetan Administration, began his day with an interview for Asian Affairs magazine – which ‘aims to be the authoritative voice of Asia’s emerging powers, including India, China and Japan’ as per their website. More

Brussels, Belgium: A transitional Tibet Interest Group (TIG) meeting was held in the European Parliament on 26 June. Chaired by MEP Thomas Mann, it was attended by four new MEPs and MEP Csaba Sogor, Assistants, the staff of Office of Tibet and ICT. Perhaps to be his last Chairmanship of the meeting, MEP Mann welcomed the new MEPs and other participants. More

Gangtok: On behalf of Central Tibetan Administration and Tibetan communities in Sikkim, Tibetan Settlement officer, Gangtok Mingyur Youdon congratulated Sikkim's new chief minister Honourable Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) at  Tashiling Secretariat building, Gangtok Government of Sikkim on 5 June. More

Dharamshala: Protection and preservation of the Tibetan language vis a vis promoting awareness and use of Tibetan terminology has always been the aims and objectives of the Terminology Desk of the Department of Education. More

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama accorded one-day teaching on Gyalsey Thokme Sangpos’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva (laklen sodunma) in the morning for Tibetan youth at the main Tibetan temple today. His Holiness began the teaching by reflecting back to the historical time when the first civilization of human beings originated. More

Poanta, Himachal Pradesh: The Settlement Officers of four Tibetan Settlements of Sirmaur District (North India) jointly organised the 2nd Indo-Tibetan Friendship Society’s Meeting on 29 May 2019 in Poanta Cholsum Settlement. The meeting was presided by Speaker Pema Jungney of Tibetan Parliament in exile as the chief guest and Health Kalon Choekyong Wangchuk as the guest of honor. More

Santa Fe, New Mexico: In an interaction with the Tibetan community in Santa Fe, CTA President Dr Lobsang Sangay shared his concern and wish for the future Sikyong to be an able diplomat who can politically represent Tibet on the international stage. More

Dharamshala: The Department of Education is organising a two-day pre-departure orientation for the Tibetan Scholarship program (TSP) batch 2019. The orientation began today at the Conference hall of the Department of Education, CTA chaired by Education Kalon Dr. Pema Yangchen, Education Secretary Karma Singey and TSP Coordinator of the Tibet Fund Tenzin Choephel. More

Bir: Kalon of Department of Education Dr. Pema Yangchen attended the 50th-anniversary celebration of STS Bir on 13 May. The Bir Sambhota School celebrated its 50th anniversary with educational exhibitions, cultural performances and various events over a two-day program. More

Dharamshala: A press conference led by CTA President Dr Lobsang Sangay and Director of Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts Ngawang Yonten was held this morning at Kashag Secretariat to mark the 60th anniversary of TIPA. This year the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts marks six decades of achievement in preservation and promotion of traditional performing arts of Tibet. More

Dharamshala: The Department of Health in collaboration with a team of NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences) is currently organising a life skill workshop for 54 school teachers, counsellors of 21 Tibetan Schools located in North and North Eastern Part of India from 13th to 16th May 2019. More

The CCP rewrites history in order to justify its repression of Tibetan language and culture. In March 2019, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising, the Chinese government released the so-called white paper, a self-congratulatory document titled “Democratic Reform in Tibet – Sixty Years on. More