Tibetan children in traditional costume with a bowl of milk and a box of grain and tsampa offering a traditional welcome to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his arrival at Sera Mey Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on December 21, 2017. Photo by Lobsang Tsering
A view of the Sera Mey Monastery Temple courtyard on the occasion of the inauguration of the new debate courtyard in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on December 21, 2017. Photo by Lobsang Tsering
His Holiness the Dalai Lama reciting verses after cutting the ribbon to inaugurate the new debate courtyard at Sera Mey Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on December 21, 2017. Photo by Lobsang Tsering
Chant Masters reciting verses at the start of the inauguration ceremony for the new debate courtyard at Sera Mey Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on December 21, 2017. Photo by Lobsang Tsering
One of the chief guests, Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri, offering His Holiness the Dalai Lama a shawl, a garland and a turban as a token of appreciation during the inauguration ceremony for the new debate courtyard at Sera Mey Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on December 21, 2017. Photo by Lobsang Tsering
A view of the Sera Mey Monastery debate courtyard during the inauguration ceremony in in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on December 21, 2017. Photo by Lobsang Tsering
Some of the over 8,000 people gathered to attend the inauguration ceremony for the new debate courtyard at Sera Mey Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on December 21, 2017. Photo by Lobsang Tsering
His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaching on "In Praise of Dependent Origination" as part of the inauguration ceremony for the new debate courtyard at Sera Mey Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on December 21, 2017. Photo by Lobsang Tsering
His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting elderly members of the Tibetan community as he departs at the conclusion of the inauguration ceremony for the new debate courtyard at Sera Mey Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on December 21, 2017. Photo by Lobsang Tsering
