His Holiness the Dalai Lama has consecrated and inaugurated the new assembly hall at Ruthok Lhundup Choding monastery in the Sonamling Tibetan Settlement, Choglamsar in Leh, Ladakh. He has advised that it serves as a Buddhist learning centre for lay people. Ruthok monastery in Tibet was founded in 1337 CE, during the time of the 7th Dalai Lama; it was put under Sera Je monastery in central Tibet.