Dalai Lama visits Dharmsala

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, ushered by monks in ceremonial attire arrives to inaugurate a new building that will house the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in Dharmsala, on Tuesday.
The Tibetan legislative body which has 44 members is democratically elected. (AP)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama ushered by monks in Dharmsala. (AP)

Tibetan Buddhist monks carry a statue in the likeness of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, for ceremonial prayers in Dharmsala on Tuesday.
The special prayers are believed by Tibetans to remove obstacles and ensure long life to their spiritual leader. (AP)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama sits beneath a photograph of himself before he addresses the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile after inaugurating its new hall in Dharmsala on Tuesday. (AP)

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama ushered by monks in ceremonial attire arrives to inaugurate a new building that will house the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in Dharmsala on Tuesday. (AP)