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New Delhi, 6 jul (EFE).- Thousands of Tibetans in exile attended the birthday party of their spiritual leader today, the dalai lama, that fulfilled 77 years in his residence in the northern Indian town of Dharamsala.
"Hemos celebrado sesiones especiales de oración para desearle a Su Santidad una larga vida", a spokesman for the Tibetan administration in exile assured the Indian agency IANS.
The center of the prayers was the Tsuglagkhang temple, located in this Indian city where the Dalai Lama settled after his escape in 1959 from Tibet, following the intervention of the Chinese People's Army, country to which the territory continues to belong.
The Tibetan leader, who abandoned his political power in 2010 to focus on religious issues, es considerado un "dios viviente" by his followers and today he was present at the temple with the members of the Tibetan Government in exile.
In a short speech in Tibetan, The Dalai Lama praised the Indian Government for having welcomed those around 100.000 exiled Tibetans residing in the country and thanked the attendees for their good wishes, according to IANS.
The Dalai Lama was born on 6 July 1935 a Taktser, a village located in northeastern Tibet, and when he was only two years old he was recognized as the reincarnation of the thirteenth Dalai Lama, Thubten gyatso.
The Tibetan spiritual leader fled his country in 1959, after a failed uprising against the Chinese occupation of Tibet, and established his government in exile in Dharamsala, despite the fact that it has never obtained recognition from any country.
in 1989 the dalai lama, whose birth name is Tenzin Gyatso, He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign for democracy and freedom in his homeland..
Most Tibetans in exile living in India live in the city of Dharamsala itself..
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