The Tibetan administration will hold a two-day function beginning Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's arrival in the hill state in the year 1960.
To be held at Dari about three km from here, the show has been named "Thank You Himachal Pradesh" to convey the Tibetan spiritual leader's sense of gratitude to the place which has been his abode all these years, a Tibetan Government-in-Exile
spokesman said here Thursday.
Chief Minister of northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh Prem Kumar Dhumal will be the Chief guest on the first day of the celebrations whereas former CM and India's Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh will prerside over the second day of the function to be held at Mcleodganj, he said.
In the course of his stay here, the Dalai Lama who was forced to escape from his homeland after a failed Tibetan uprising, set up the Government of Tibet-in-exile here besides evolving an educational system to teach Tibetan children their traditional language, history, religion and culture, he said.
Dharamsala is often referred to as "Little Lhasa" due to the presence of the Dalai Lama and a sizeable Tibetan population there.