Emotional pleas from Tibet calling for Dalai Lama’s return highlight of Long Life Prayer ceremony

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 23: Former Tibetan political prisoners, together with the Lhasa Boys’ Association Switzerland, offered a Long Life Prayer ceremony to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamshala on Monday.

The solemn ceremony featured an emotional supplication on behalf of Tibetans inside Tibet, which was read by former political prisoner Ngawang Sangdrol, who was arrested at just 13 and imprisoned for eleven years. The message conveyed the collective yearning of Tibetans for the Dalai Lama’s return to their homeland while poignantly lamenting their present circumstances under Chinese rule.

The letter expressed unwavering ...

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