Tibetan spiritual leader 14th Dalai Lama leaves Dharamsala for his visit to South India

The 14th Dalai Lama, a Tibetan spiritual leader, departed Dharamshala to go to South India. At Kangra Airport, hundreds of supporters came to bid him farewell.

The Dalai Lama will spend more than a month at the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka. The chilly temperature in Dharamshala will determine how long he stays in South India.

Buddhist nuns from Tibet performed prayers for his health and safety on his travels.

“My name is Kumari Santosh. My home was Kinnaur. I came to visit the Dalai Lama since he was leaving. We value the Dalai Lama much,” she told the journalists.

Melissa, a US student, and her friends also traveled to visit the Dalai Lama.

“I’m an American student. We are here to bid His Holiness the Dalai Lama farewell, and we would like to wish him a safe and restful two months in South India. “The Dalai Lama is significant to foreigners and everyone in the world because he is a symbol of peace,” she remarked.

The Dalai Lama would ordain the monks who have been unable to go to the northern side, Tibetan monk Tenzin Thamcho informed the reporters.

“I teach as a faculty member. We are come to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama and offer prayers for his safety as he departs for Karnataka, South India, today. Some claim that the Dalai Lama will be gone for a month, while others claim that he will be gone for two months.

There are many monks who need to be ordained at Bylakuppe, the biggest village in the area. How did nine get there? In order to bless the South Indians who were unable to go to the north, he is traveling down to ordain the monks,” he said.

“The Dalai Lama resembles a bee. The bees congregate as long as the queen bee is present. We instantly feel at ease when he’s around,” he said.