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Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, July 19: Chinese authorities have banned the photographs of a well-known exile-based Tibetan religious leader, the 11th Kirti Rinpoche, Lobsang Tenzin Jigme Yeshe Gyamtso Rinpoche, at Kirti Monastery in Ngaba, in the eastern Tibetan region of Amdo, Phayul has learned.
A credible source in exile, speaking to Phayul on the condition of anonymity confirmed that local authorities forcefully removed the portraits of Kirti Rinpoche from various affiliated institutions of the monastery, including Gyupa Monastery, Dukhor Monastery, Manpa (Medicine) Monastery, Chorten, Dolma Temple, and Sengdong Temple. The source added that the removal of the photographs and the prohibition coincided with the 90th birthday celebration of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama....
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