His Holiness the Dalai Lama giving Bhikshu ordination to a group of 50 Ladakhi monks at the Main Cathedral (Jokhang) in Leh Town, Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 26, 2012. Photo/Rosemary Rawcliffe
His Holiness the Dalai Lama giving Bhikshu ordination to a group of 50 Ladakhi monks at the Main Cathedral (Jokhang) in Leh Town, Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 26, 2012. Photo/Rosemary Rawcliffe
Crowds of people waiting outside the Main Cathedral (Jokhang) in Leh Town to catch a glimpse of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as he leaves in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 26, 2012. Photo/Rosemary Rawcliffe
His Holiness the Dalai Lama during a tree-planting ceremony held at the Indo-Tibetan Border Force Campus where he delivered a talk to the officers and staff arriving in Leh Town, Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 26, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama on arrival at Jamyang School in Leh where he addressed the student body who come from the Dahanu region of Ladakh, a small Indo-Aryan community of Buddhists in Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 26, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama on arrival at Jamyang School in Leh where he addressed the student body who come from the Dahanu region of Ladakh, a small Indo-Aryan community of Buddhists in Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 26, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
Students chanting a prayer during the visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Jamyang School in Leh where he addressed the student body who come from the Dahanu region of Ladakh, where a small Indo-Aryan community of Buddhists have resided for centuries in Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 26, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting students and guests from 24 different schools of Ladakh during his visit to Lamdon Model Senior Secondary School, Leh where he inaugurated a new science building funded by The Dalai Lama Trust, in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 27, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama listening to a student describe an electrical resistance experiment in the physics lab during the inauguration of a new science building funded by The Dalai Lama Trust at Lamdon Model Senior Secondary School in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 27, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama makes a gesture during his visit to address the Leh Muslim community organized by the Muslim Coordination Committee Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 27, 2012. Photo/Rosemary Rawcliffe
His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeting traditional Ladakhi musicians upon his arrival to consecrate the Zangdok Palri Temple in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 28, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama offering prayers in front of the four-armed Avalokiteshvera statue during the consecration ceremony of the Zangdok Palri Temple in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 28, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Gaden Tripa Rinpoche lighting butter lamps in front of the Guru Padmasambhava statue during the consecration ceremony of the Zangdok Palri Temple in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, on July 28, 2012. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHD
