China has also sought to elevate other spiritual figures, particularly Tibetan Buddhism’s No. 2 figure, the Panchen Lama. A boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the new Panchen disappeared soon after, ...

Shimla: Tibetan spiritual leader and the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, embarked on his much-anticipated 45-day tour to the Union Territory of Ladakh from his residence in McLeodganj, Dharamshala, on ...