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Dalai Lama turns 90 amid global adoration

Politiko 2025-07-06 15:27:46

Dalai Lama turns 90 amid global adoration

The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, turns 90 on Sunday after a week of celebrations.

Thousands of devotees from around the world have traveled to Dharamshala, the small Indian town in the foothills of the Himalayas where the Dalai Lama lives, to mark the occasion, Sky News writes. 

This includes his longtime follower and Hollywood star Richard Gere, who will speak during the celebrations for the Nobel Prize laureate, who is considered one of the world's most influential religious leaders and worshipped by millions of Tibetan Buddhists as the living manifestation of Chenrezig, the Buddhist god of compassion.

Hundreds of red-robed monks and nuns braved incessant rain on Sunday as they poured through the narrow streets of Dharamshala towards the Dalai Lama's main temple, where the spiritual leader will deliver a speech.

Events for the Dalai Lama's birthday began on Monday, which marked his 90th birthday according to the Tibetan calendar, six days before his Gregorian birthday on Sunday.

On Saturday, the Dalai Lama said he hoped to live for decades more, until the age of 130.

Tenzin Gyatso, who became the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama in 1940, fled his native Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule and found refuge in India, along with hundreds of thousands of Tibetans.

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