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Dharamshala 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. |
