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China’s Panchen

July 18, 2016;

China has announced that the Panchen Lama appointed by them, Gyaltsen Norbu, will conduct the key Buddhist Kalachakra ceremony later this month at the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Shigatse in southwest Tibet, historically the official seat of the Panchen Lama. The Panchen Lama recognised by the Dalai Lama was abducted by the Chinese at the age of six and has not been seen since.

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