Tibetan communities of Australia offer long-life prayer to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
8 October 2025, Dharamsala, India
Leadership and members from the Tibetan communities of Australia offered His Holiness the Dalai Lama long-life prayer on the year of His Holiness’ 90th Birthday.
A long-life prayer is a Tibetan-Buddhist custom, where spiritual leaders are offered prayers, and symbolic offerings for their longevity.
Australia Tibet Council is grateful to the Tibetan communities of Australia, and the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for inviting us to join this auspicious occasion of thanking and celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama, an icon of universal peace and non-violence.
President of Tibetan Communities of Australia Chozen Ngawa offering His Holiness the Dalai Lama an idol symbolic of longevity.
Photo by Tenzin Choejor, OHHDL
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