His Holiness the Dalai Lama arriving to inaugurate the new Tibetan Community Hall built by the Tibetan Cooperative Society Lugsam during his 8-day visit to the Tibetan Settlement in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on 11 July 2013. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lamabeing offered a traditional Tibetan welcome on his arrival to inaugurate the new Tibetan Community Hall built by the Tibetan Cooperative Society Lugsam in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on 11 July 2013. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama blessing an old Tibetan women during his visit to inaugurate the new Tibetan Community Hall built by the Tibetan Cooperative Society Lugsam in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on 11 July 2013. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing the more than 1000 senior citizens from Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement during his visit to inaugurate the new Tibetan Community Hall built by the Tibetan Cooperative Society Lugsam in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on 11 July 2013. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
A section of the senior citizens who had come to receive His Holiness the Dalai Lama's blessing during his visit to inaugurate the new Tibetan Community Hall built by the Tibetan Cooperative Society Lugsami n Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on 11 July 2013. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama offering prostrations inside the assembly hall of the Sakya Monastery in the Tibetan Settlement in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on 11 July 2013. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
Gyangkhang Rinpoche making a mandala offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the traditional welcome ceremony for His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Namdroling Tibetan Monastery in the Tibetan Settlement in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on 11 July 2013. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
A group of monks presenting offerings during the traditional welcome ceremony for His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Namdroling Tibetan Monastery in the Tibetan Settlement in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on 11 July 2013. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL
His Holiness the Dalai Lama during a lighter moment at the traditional welcome ceremony for him at Namdroling Tibetan Monastery in the Tibetan Settlement in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India on 11 July 2013. Photo/Tenzin Taklha/OHHDL