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As his body was being prepared for traditional Tibetan funeral rites, marks were found indicating he had been brutally tortured in jail. His crime? Gonpo Namgyal had been part of a campaign to protect ...
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From diamonds to rockets, mourning the dead has gotten high-tech
In 19th-century Europe and America, “death photography” produced portraits of the departed in lifelike poses; in the Tibetan Buddhist rite known as sky burial or bya gtor (alms for the birds ...
The Tribune1mon
Tibetan Youth Congress holds prayer service to honour elder brother of Dalai Lama, Kalon Trisur Gyalo Thondup
The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC ... The prayer service coincided with Thondup's funeral ceremony in Kalimpong. The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2 ...
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Dalai Lama's elder brother and Tibet’s most well-known interlocutor dies at 95 years
He passed away peacefully. His funeral will be held on Tuesday at 7am Dalai Lama (left) with his elder brother Gyalo Thondup. File picture Gyalo Thondup, Tibet’s most well-known interlocutor with ...