Dalai Lama may visit Ladakh between July and August

The Dalai Lama is likely to visit Ladakh between July and August this year, the Central Tibetan Administration has said. The visit comes even as India and China continue the faceoff along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh.

The Chinese consider the Dalai Lama as its enemy and have often objected to his visits to Ladakh, where the Tibetan leader even celebrated his 83rd birthday in 2018.

It will be his first public appearance after the Covid-19 pandemic.


He had remained indoors in Dharamshala in the last two years.

The Tibetan leader accepted the request of former parliamentarian and Ladakh Buddhist Association president Thupstan Chewang and Thiksay Rinpoche of Thiksay Monastery, who met him at his residence.