| Dharamshala photo gallery & slide show:
Since their flight into exile from Chinese oppression in 1959, the
spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, the Dalai Lama, and the Tibetan
Government in Exile have made their home in McLeod Ganj, close to
the small Himalayan town of Dharamsala. The practice of Tibetan Buddhism
and the cause of the disposessed Tibetan people have always had a
certain appeal to Westerners, and year round McLeod Ganj attracts
backpackers, volunteer workers, practising Buddhists and the spiritually
curious, the town becomes packed out when Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness
the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet is in residence. Over the years McLeod
Ganj has developed a characteristically Tibetan cultural flavour.
There are several gompas (or monasteries) adorned with prayer flags,
crimson robed Tibetan monks are a familiar sight on the street and
in many places in town the distinctive creak of turning prayer wheels
can be heard. |
