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Dalai Lama and Tibet in Exile by Prashant Panjiar
On 10 March 1959 Tibet’s national uprising against the occupation by the Chinese began. The failure of the uprising led to the Dalai Lama having to flee to India and live in exile there. Over the years Tibetan in exile in India have increased to more than 100,000 people living in various settlements across the country. Mcleodganj (or Upper Dharamsala) in Kangra district of the north Indian province of Himachal Pradesh is the seat of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in Exile.
On 10 March 2010 the Tibetans will have completed 50 years in exile. To mark the end of the yearlong commemoration of the Tibetan Uprising and their exile from 10 March 2009 to 10 March 2010, the Central Tibetan Administration and the general Tibetan populace organized a special Tenshug (long life offering ceremony) on 2nd March at the Namgyal Monastery in Mcleodganj. The prayers was organized in accordance with spiritual prophesies. The 3 oracles of Tibet, the Nechung, the Gadong and Khandro Tseringma Kuten were an integral part of the ceremony. The heads of the five schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the Bon religion, senior officials of the Tibetan Government in Exile & autonomous bodies of the Central Tibetan administration. A large number of Tibetan monks, pilgrims and followers of the Dalai Lama also attended.
