Preservation of Tibetan Culture and Environment

His Holiness the Dalai Lama giving evidence before the Legal Inquiry Committee on Tibet, chaired by Supreme Court lawyer Purushottam Trikamdas (seated to his right). The committee was constituted by the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists, November 14, 1959. Photo courtesy: Tibet Documentation
His Holiness the Dalai Lama with delegates of the first religious conference at Swarg Ashram, Dharamshala held from November 9 - 12, 1963. Seated (L-R): Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, 16th Gyalwang Karmapa, Kyabje Sakya Trizin, Yongzin Ling Rinpoche, Yongzin Trijang Rinpoche and Bakula Rinpoche. Photo courtesy: Tibet Documentation
The first group of 50 children receiving an audience of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Swarg Ashram before leaving for Mussoorie to join the Tibetan Refugee Educational Institute, June, 1960. Photo courtesy: Tibet Documentation
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking at a road camp for Tibetan refugees in exile. Photo courtesy: Tibet Documentation
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking at Hradcanske Square, Prague, Czech Republic, October 17, 2016. Photo by Nadia Rovderova, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Children lining up to show their writing skills to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala in June 1960. Only the first three in line had prior learning of Tibetan in Tibet. (First in line: Kunphel Sharling, second: Phunnor, third: Tempa Tsering). They were later sent to the Tibetan Refugee Educational Institute, Mussoorie. Photo courtesy: Tibet Documentation
His Holiness the Dalai Lama delivering the inaugural address at the first Tibetan Youth Conference in Dharamsala, October 7, 1970 Photo courtesy: Tibet Documentation
His Holiness the Dalai Lama delivering the March 10 statement at Gangchen Kyishong, Dharamshala, March 10, 1971. Photo courtesy: Tibet Documentation
His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing the U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus and announcing the Five-Point Peace Plan for Tibet, Washington, D.C., September 21, 1987. (L-R: Congressman Charlie Rose, Tenzin Gyeche Tethong, Lodi Gyari, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Congressman and Caucus Chair Tom Lantos). Photo courtesy: Tibet Documentation
His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing the members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on the Five-Point Peace Plan, June 15, 1988. Photo courtesy: Tibet Documentation
His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the solidarity rally “Switzerland for Tibet – Tibet for the World,” organized by the Swiss Tibetan Friendship Society (GSTF) at the Münsterhof, Zurich, April 10, 2010. Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons
His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing the European Parliament in Strasborug, France, October 24, 2001. Photo by Manuel Bauer
Greenpeace China activist Zhong Yu holding a 1968 photo of the Middle Rongbuk Glacier to show its 2km retreat and deterioration in just under 40 years. Photo by David Breashears
His Holiness the Dalai Lama reading the Animal Encyclopedia with Tibetan children during the inauguration of the Shiwatso Library in Mundgod Tibetan Settlement, Karnataka, December 22, 2016. Photo by Tenzin Choejor, OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama with newly elected Kalon Tripa, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, and outgoing Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, at the oath-taking ceremony, Main Temple, Dharamshala, August 8, 2011. Photo by Tenzin Choejor, OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama holding a copy of The Resolve Tibet Act, a bipartisan bill to enhance U.S. support for Tibet, presented to him at his residence, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, June 19, 2024. Photo by Tenzin Choejor, OHHDL
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