Tag Archives: McLeod Ganj

• Free Spirit Film Festival grants Jury Award to Tailing Pond 1 November 2019 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has one comment

  Free Spirit Film Festival last night concluded its 15th annual edition in the last three days of October in the Himalayan village of McLeod Ganj, to a packed house. ...

• Shrutika Sharma wins Miss Himalaya Pageant 2019 crown 13 October 2019 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

  Shrutika Sharma from Nainital, Uttrakhand, impressed the judges in the question and answer round to win the crown of the Miss Himalaya Pageant 2019 in a modest show in McLeod Ganj. ...

• Eight contestants for eighth edition Miss Himalaya Pageant 11 October 2019 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

  Eight young women vying for the eighth edition of the Miss Himalaya Pageant crown were presented at a "Meet the Press" event earlier today. ...

• Tibetans in Dharamshala elect new Settlement Officer 22 May 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  Tibetans living in Dharamshala elected Kunga Tsering as their new Settlement Officer in Dharamshala in two phases of voting. ...

• People and deities of Tibet offer long-life prayer to Dalai Lama 17 May 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

  With ceremonies, chants, and songs, the people and deities of Tibet prayed to the Dalai Lama for his long life. The Dalai Lama in turn said that he will live for more than 110 years. ...

• Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts celebrate 60-year milestone 8 May 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

  The Institute trains young people in dance, music, and performing arts in order to preserve and promote traditional Tibetan performing arts and culture. ...

• Fully recovered Dalai Lama returns home to McLeod Ganj 26 April 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  In the last few years the Dalai Lama cut down on his travels, particularly internationally, owing to his age, but still keeps a busy schedule attending conferences and teachings. ...

• Department of Home budgets 573.5 million rupees for FY 2019-20 29 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  The Department of Home of the CTA will have a budget of 573.5 million rupees for fiscal year 2019-20. This department takes care of the welfare of exile Tibetans in 58 settlements. ...

• McLeod Ganj finally gets attention from local authorities 27 November 2018 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

  Local authorities are at last taking the initiative to clean up McLeod Ganj. Sanitation Supervisor Surindar Shukla said there are proposals for improvements, including adding recycling. ...

• Free Spirit Film Festival 2018 concludes in McLeod Ganj 1 November 2018 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

  The five-day Free Spirit Film Festival concluded with the film Living on a Dollar a Day, a documentary directed by Thomas Nazario. ...