Dalai Lama 81st birthday | 5 Interesting fact about Tibetan spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso

Dalai Lama 81st birthday | 5 Interesting fact about Tibetan spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso

The 81st birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is being celebrated on Thursday in the main Tibetan temple Tsuglagkhang in Mcleodganj, Dharamshala.

The celebrations will commence from 8 AM and will include cultural presentations by TIPA (Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts), TCV schools, Indo-Tibetan friendship association and other such organisations, spokesperson of Tibetan Government Jamphel Shonu.

Three civil servants, who have served more than 25 years in the Central Tibetan Administration by the officiating Sikyong, will be felicitated on the occasion.

Check out some Interesting facts here:

Dalai Lama 81st birthday | 5 Interesting fact about Tibetan spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso

1.The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born Lhamo Dhondup on July 6, 1935 to peasants in Taktser, a village in northeastern Tibet.

Dalai Lama 81st birthday | 5 Interesting fact about Tibetan spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso

2. He was found by Tibetan monks when he was 2 years old. At 2, he was renamed Tenzin Gyatso, took the throne at age 4 and became a monk at age 6.

Dalai Lama 81st birthday | 5 Interesting fact about Tibetan spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso

3. In 1989, the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for his work advocating nonviolent means to free Tibet from China.

Dalai Lama 81st birthday | 5 Interesting fact about Tibetan spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso

4. In December 2008, the Dalai Lama announced his semi-retirement after having gallstone surgery.

Dalai Lama 81st birthday | 5 Interesting fact about Tibetan spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso

5. Dalai Lama has an interest in machines, which he developed as a young boy. As a teenager he repaired a movie projector by himself, without its guide or any instructions.