Dalai Lama leaves Dharmshala for medical check-up in Delhi

Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India]: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama left for Delhi for a medical checkup on Sunday morning.

Visuals showed the spiritual leader arriving at the Kangra Airport in Dharmshala in his car accompanied by monks.

Visuals also showed devotees lined up in a queue to catch a glimpse of the Tibetan leader.
As per sources, Dalai Lama had earlier skipped the session for Taiwanese teachings scheduled for October 2-3 due to bad health.

Sources also told media that his upcoming visit to Sikkim can be postponed due to health reasons.

Speaking to media, Dalai Lama’s personal secretary, Chhime Rigzin said that there was nothing to worry about and that the Tibetan guru would be back in the next couple of days.
He also informed media that the spiritual leader will arrive at hotel in the national capital today and will visit hospital, probably AIIMS for health check-up.

Earlier, Dalai Lama expressed grief over the loss of lives and widespread damage to property that occurred in Sikkim as a result of the flash floods on Tuesday night, his office informed.

“In a letter to Prem Singh Tamang, Chief Minister of Sikkim, today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his sadness about the loss of life and widespread damage to property that has occurred in Sikkim as a result of the flash flood that took place in the Teesta River Valley last night,” read a press statement.

“I offer my condolences to families who have lost loved ones,” he wrote, “as well as others affected by this disaster, and pray for their welfare,” Dalai Lama said.

The Tibetan spiritual leader further said that, as a mark of his solidarity with the people of Sikkim, he has asked the Dalai Lama Trust to make a donation towards relief and rescue efforts.