The Panchen Lama is one of the most important religious figures in Tibetan Buddhism, second only to the Dalai Lama himself. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, was born in Tibet on April ...

Reincarnation, interrupted The most important figure in determining the new reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is the second-highest authority in the Gelug sect, the Panchen Lama. The Dalai Lama ...

But the Dalai Lama has warned that China might try to choose the 15th Dalai Lama after his death, as it has done with the Panchen Lama, another high-level Tibetan spiritual leader.

More than 14,000 rescue workers have arrived in Tibet to continue the search for survivors after a strong earthquake killed at least 126 people in a remote part of western China.

New Delhi, Apr 26 (ANI): On the 33rd Birth Anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama on 25th April, Regional Tibetan Youth Congress held a protest in front of the Chinese consulate in New York.

Local officials found "no obvious damage" to the region's most significant structures including Tashilhunpo Monastery - the traditional seat of Tibetan Buddhism's second-ranking Panchen Lama ...

The 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, will attend the Second World Buddhist Forum that is to open in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi Saturday, a forum spokesman said Friday.

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An emergency cultural heritage team on Sunday has headed to Dingjie county, one of the areas affected by the recent 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Xizang Autonomous Region, to conduct inspections on the ...

The China Earthquake Networks Centre located the epicentre at Tingri county, known as the northern gateway to the Everest region, at a depth of 10km. The US Geological Service put the quake's ...

The documentary airs this weekend… For the first time in nearly 20 years, documentary cameras go undercover inside Tibet ...