Buddhist Himachali women wait in hordes for arrival of His Holiness Dalai Lama at Tabo Kalachakra

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Kalachakra Festival at Tabo in Himachal Pradesh: Rare footage of His Holiness The Dalai Lama from 1996. Rare inside views of the monastery with a woman drummer and Tibetan - Himachali Buddhist women dancing in the monastery courtyard. Foreign tourists and hippies also land up for the celebrations. The 14th Dalai Lama led the Kalachakra initiation at Tabo Monastery in 1983 and 1996: The Dalai Lama led the Kalachakra initiation in July and August 1983, with 10,000 people in attendance. This was after the Kalachakra Temple was built and the monastery was restored after the 1975 Kinnaur earthquake. In 1996, The Dalai Lama led the Kalachakra initiation in June and July, with 20,000 people in attendance. This was during the millennium of the monastery's existence. The Kalachakra is a Buddhist d