Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 16: Chinese authorities have reportedly deployed a heavy presence of police and paramilitary forces in Lhasa on Sunday during the annual Ganden Ngamchoe festival, a key religious observance commemorating the parinirvana of Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Ganden Ngamchoe, observed on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan lunar calendar, is traditionally marked by lighting butter lamps, circumambulating monasteries, and offering prayers at major religious sites, most notably the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.
However, images and video...





