Birth of the Dalai Lama

The Birth of the Dalai Lama celebrates the birthday of Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama, who was born on 6 July 1935. He was born in the village of Taktser in northeastern Tibet, and was given the birth name Lhamo Dhondrub before he was recognised as the reincarnation of the thirteenth Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso.
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