His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet. Two years after his birth in 1935 to a farming family in northeastern Tibet, he was recognized as the ...

At the age of two, named Lhamo Dhondup at the time, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. According to the Dalai Lama's website, the "Dalai Lamas are ...

When the fifth sibling, Lhamo Thondup, reached the age of 2 in 1937, a party of high lamas arrived in a mission to recognize ...

The Dalai Lama was born in Taktser, Qinghai and was selected as the rebirth of the 13th Dalai Lama two years later, although he was only formally recognized as the 14th on 17 November 1950, at the age ...

The Dalai Lama's successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of the Himalayan region he ...

Born in 1935 in the north-eastern Amdo province of Tibet, Lhamo Dhondup was recognised as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama at the age of two. He was brought to Lhasa in October 1939 and ...

The 8th Dalai Lama passed away at 46. The fresco shows that the Emperor Dowager received the 13th Dalai Lama who came to Beijing in 1908, or the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu.

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was born on July 6, 1935, to a farming family in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet. He was recognised as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso ...

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus explores a new book about the early travels of Finns in China, including Mannerheim's meeting in June 1908 with the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. "After a two-year horseback ...