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Namgyal Monastery (Tibetan: རྣམ་རྒྱལ།, Wylie: rnam rgyal) (also often referred to as "Dalai Lama's Temple") is in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala, India. It is the personal monastery of the 14th Dalai Lama .
McLeod Ganj or McLeodganj (pronounced / m ə ˈ k l aʊ d ˌ ɡ ʌ n dʒ /) is a suburb of Dharamshala in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is known as "Little Lhasa " or "Dhasa" as the Tibetan government-in-exile is headquartered here and there is a significant population of Tibetans in the region.
Namgyal Monastery (Ithaca) is a branch of the personal monastery of the Dalai Lama, also called Namgyal Monastery.It therefore belongs to the Gelugpa monastic order. . Traditionally located within the Potala Palace, and charged with various ritual tasks connected with the Dalai Lama, the parent monastery in 1959 relocated to Dharamsala along with the Tibetan exile gov
In May 1960, the Central Tibetan Administration was moved to Dharamshala when Jawaharlal Nehru, then Prime Minister of India allowed him and his followers to settle in McLeod Ganj north of Dharamshala. [18] [19] There they established the "government-in-exile" in 1960 and the Namgyal Monastery. [20]
The move brought them just two hours from the Dalai Lama's residence in McLeod Ganj. They were granted 37 acres (150,000 m 2) of land and named it Tashi Jong, which is Tibetan for "Auspicious (or Happy) Valley". The area is an historically holy part of Northeast India known as Ngalen gyi Yul. [citation needed]
Prayers on stones outside the Tsuglagkhang Complex. (McLeod Ganj) Date: 13 March 2005, 23:08:06: Source: originally posted to Flickr as 8Mstreet-prayers1: Author: Liz Highleyman: Permission (Reusing this file)
The Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) was founded by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama on reaching McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh, India in exile from Tibet in August 1959. It was then called Tibetan Music, Dance and Drama Society, which was one of the first institutes set up by the Dalai Lama, [ 1 ] and was established to preserve ...
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