The Dalai Lama will be arriving at Periyapatna taluk, Bylakuppe, India on July 6 to participate in his 78th birthday celebration organized by the Tibetan settlements of Lugsam Samdupling and Dickey Larsoe, with the collaboration of Sera Jey Monastic University.
The program includes offering of Mandala to the Dalai Lama by the Tibetan exile head, Lobsang Sangay, followed by the dedication of Drukchu Yangden song by the students of Central School for Tibetan, and inter-faith prayers for world peace and long life of the Dalai Lama.