Travelers will find the Potala Palace at the center of Tibet’s capital city Lhasa. It was constructed in 1645 as the primary residence of the Dalai Lama. With the city already sitting at a high ...

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Tuesday he was "deeply saddened" and was offering prayers for those killed in a devastating earthquake in China's remote Himalayan region.

The Potala Palace, winter palace of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century, symbolizes Tibetan Buddhism and its central role in the traditional administration of Tibet. The complex, comprising the White ...

At one point, Potala also acted as the seat of the Tibetan government. Potala Palace is actually broken up into two palaces. The White Palace is where the Dalai Lama took residence and also where ...

There are worse places to endure lockdown than a palace with sweeping views ... of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1937. "When I was in Tibet," he tells me, "I had no knowledge about the environment.

In the late Ming dynasty, Tibetan Buddhism proliferated ... The picture shows a fresco in the Potala Palace depicting that Emperor Shunzhi received the 5th Dalai Lama in Beijing.

Before 1959, his official residence was Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. According to Buddhist belief, the current Dalai Lama is a reincarnation of a past lama who decided to be ...

His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, exiled head of Tibet, and international figurehead of Tibetan Buddhism, is turning 90 next year. The widely revered spiritual leader takes fewer ...

The Dalai Lama announces he will step down as political head of the exiled Tibetan government, but will continue to push the Tibetan cause in his key role as its spiritual leader. Video courtesy AFP.

Like Potala Palace, Shigatse Dzong sits high on a ... don't talk politics or bring any kind of material about the Dalai Lama or Tibet's history. Consult the U.S. State Department's website for ...

DHARAMSHALA, India, Dec 23 (Reuters) - When the Dalai Lama went to New York in June for knee surgery, his followers worried about his overall health and the future of Tibetan Buddhists without him.