June 28, 2010

Karmapa celebrates 26th birthday by blessing thousands of devotees





Dharamshala: His Eminence the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje celebrated his 26th birthday by blessing all the devotees who came to attend his birthday at Gyuto Tantric Monastery in Sidhbari near Dharamsala .

The birthday celebration began with the Mendel and long-life prayer offering to Gyalwa Karmapa by the devotees. There were thousands of devotees attending the birthday, including foreign devotees from Taiwan, China and other countries and local Tibetans from and around Dharamsala and a large number of monks.

Other than the lamas and the staff of the monastery, members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Dharamsala Tibetan Welfare Officer, and officials of Central Tibetan Administration, conveyed greetings to His Eminence the Gyalwa Karmapa.

There were programs of Tibetan cultural folk dance presentation by the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts.

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