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Dalai Lama’s succession talks have drawn attention to Karmapa
The continuing debate in Tibetan and Indian circles over the Dalai Lama succession plan has refocused attention on the 17th Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, who has lived in the United States since 2017. In August, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang stated that India was “positively considering” the Karmapa’s return from the United States. He…
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India is striving to Welcome Karmapa back to India
According to the Chief Minister of Sikkim, South Block is seriously considering reaching out to the 17th Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje. CM Prem Singh Tamang indicated at a news conference in Gangtok that the Karmapa, who left India without notice in 2017, may return “very soon,” and that the State is prepared to send a…
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Sikkim CM Asks PM Modi to Allow Karmapa’s Earliest Return to India
The Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang has written to Prime Minister Modi to allow Karmapa’s return to India. In a recent development, the chief minister has informed PM Modi that the devotees of the spiritual leader in Sikkim are waiting to receive blessings in person and they are looking forward to an early visit to…
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Karmapa Holds Online Prayer Sessions for Coronavirus Pandemic to Subside
The Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee is holding online prayer sessions amid the coronavirus pandemic. Karmapa announced earlier that he would be holding daily prayers sessions online starting from Saturday while lauding the efforts of all the front line warriors in this crisis. The live prayers service is being live streamed on major social media…
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Karmapa Donates Rs. 28 Lacs to Help Fight Coronavirus Pandemic in India
The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee has donated 28 lac rupees to help fight coronavirus pandemic in India. According to the press release by his office Tsurphu Labrang, the Karmapa has lauded the timely and untiring efforts by Government of India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the state governments in containing this…
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Two Karmapas to Jointly Identify Shamar Rinpoche’s Reincarnation
Two Karmapas, Ogyen Trinley Dorjee and Thaye Dorjee plans to jointly identify Shamar Rinpoche’s reincarnation. The widely recognized claimants to the title of Karmapa, the highest leader of Karma Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism are working on clearing the controversy surrounding them since many years.
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Karmapa Will Return Back to India Assures President Sangay
Amid the protracted issue over the return of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee to India after he left the country in 2017, the President of Central Tibetan Administration, Dr. Lobsang Sangay has assured of his return. The Karmapa has been based in the United States over the past more than one year…
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Karmapa Clarifies He Requested for Indian Visa Since October 2018
The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee has clarified on Wednesday that he has actually requested for an Indian visa since October 2018. The spiritual leader of Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism has long been trying to get the approvals from Indian authorities to return to Indian from US after he acquired the citizenship of Commonwealth…
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Absence of Karmapa and Dalai Lama Teachings in Dharamshala Affects Tourism
Dharamshala, a small town in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in India is well known worldwide as the residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Recently there has been reduced teachings from His Holiness in the town and the Karmapa too has not been present there. It has significantly hit the tourism according to…
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Security at Karmapa’s Dharamshala Residence Reduced to Half
The security personals deployed at the temporal residence of the Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India has now been reduced to half. The residence of the Karmapa in India has been vacant since his departure from the country in May, 2017.