By Ali Watkins Gyalo Thondup, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama and a political operator in Tibet and the greater region, has died, the Dalai Lama’s office confirmed in a statement.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The elder brother of the Dalai Lama and former chairman of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, Gyalo Thondup, who led several rounds of talks with China and worked with ...

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has granted a Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration to ‘His Holiness the Dalai Lama Charitable Trust’ for “religious” purposes ...

Gyalo Thondup was born in 1928, more than three decades before the 1959 revolt in Lhasa against Chinese forces, whose crushing forced the Dalai Lama across snowy Himalayan passes into India.

Gyalo Thondup, the elder brother of the Dalai Lama and a pivotal figure in Tibet’s political struggle, passed away at the age of 97 at his home in Kalimpong, West Bengal, on February 8th evening.

NEW DELHI—Speculation is focusing on who will succeed the 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, who turns 90 in July. The head of Tibetan Buddhism, who is in exile in the northern Indian ...

The Tibetan government in exile is preparing for the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebration on July 6, 2025, with speculation surrounding the Dalai Lama addressing the issue of his succession ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. During a recent trip to the Indian Himalayas, my husband and I found ourselves in McLeod Ganj, home to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and ...