VIEW PICS | Exiled Tibetans, monks, Richard Gere celebrate Dalai Lama's 87th birthday in Dharamshala

Tibetans in exile on July 6 celebrated the 87th birthday of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, across India. Tibetan monks, nuns, school students, and even foreign supporters like American actor Richard Gere were present at the birthday celebrations in Tsuglag Khang Complex, also known as Dalai Lama's Temple complex, in McLeod Ganj.

Tibetans in exile on July 6 celebrated the 87th birthday of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, across India. Tibetan monks, nuns, school students, and even foreign supporters like American actor Richard Gere were present at the birthday ce 

Hollywood actor Richard Gere, state minister Rakesh Pathania and others celebrate the 87th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, at Tsuglag Khang in Dharamshala, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Hollywood actor Richard Gere, left, greets Ling Rinpoche, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader, during the inauguration of a museum by the Dalai Lama on his 87th birthday, in Dharamshala, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Hollywood actor Richard Gere, left, greets Ling Rinpoche, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader, during the inauguration of a museum by the Dalai Lama on his 87th birthday, in Dharamshala, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Artists perform during a cultural programme organised to celebrate Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's 87th birthday at Tsug La Khang, at McLeodganj in Dharamshala, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Buddhist monks celebrate Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's birthday at the Bodh Gaya temple, Bihar, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Hollywood actor Richard Gere offers water to a Buddhist monk sitting next to him as he attends an event to mark the 87th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | AP)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is helped by attending monks as he arrives after inaugurating a museum containing the archives of the institution of the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | AP)

Tibetan schoolkids celebrate spiritual leader Dalai Lama's 87th birthday, in New Delhi, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Tibetan schoolkids celebrate spiritual leader Dalai Lama's 87th birthday, in New Delhi, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Exiled Tibetans celebrate spiritual leader Dalai Lama's 87th birthday, in New Delhi, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he listens to a speaker after inaugurating a museum containing the archives of the institution of the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | AP)

A cake to mark the 87th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is displayed at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | AP)

Novice Tibetan Buddhist monks play next to a tree decorated with balloons to mark the 87th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, on July 6, 2022. (Photo | AP)