OUR PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE 33rd KALACHAKRA INITIATION CONFERRED BY HIS HOLINESS XIVTH DALAI LAMA AT THE "JIVEY TSAL" TEACHING GROUND IN CHOGLAMSAR-SHEY, LEH, LADAKH (INDIA)           FROM 3-14 JULY 2014

His Holiness XIVth Dalai Lama during the 33rd Kalachakra Initiation in Ladakh
His Holiness XIVth Dalai Lama during the 33rd Kalachakra Initiation in Ladakh
Nearly 200'000 pilgrims gathered at the Kalachakra venue at the "Jivey Tsal" teaching ground in Choglamsar-Shey, 8Km East of Leh
Nearly 200'000 pilgrims gathered at the Kalachakra venue at the "Jivey Tsal" teaching ground in Choglamsar-Shey, 8Km East of Leh

Video & Audio recordings of the 33rd Kalachakra Initiation are on H.H. Dalai Lama's website: www.dalailama.com


Here are the links:

July 6, 2014: His Holiness Dalai Lama's 79th Birthday Celebration


http://www.dalailama.com/webcasts/post/322-his-holiness-the-dalai-lamas-79th-birthday-celebration

July 6-8, 2014: 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment Preliminary Teachings


http://www.dalailama.com/webcasts/post/323-33rd-kalachakra-empowerment-preliminary-teachings

July 9, 2014: 33rd Kalachakra Empowerment Ritual Offering Dance


http://www.dalailama.com/webcasts/post/324-33rd-kalachakra-empowerment-ritual-offering-dance

The Eight Great Stupas on the 33rd Kalachakra Teaching Ground at "Jivey Tsal", Choglamsar-Shey, Leh, Ladakh (India)
The Eight Great Stupas on the 33rd Kalachakra Teaching Ground at "Jivey Tsal", Choglamsar-Shey, Leh, Ladakh (India)

History of Kalachakra Initiations conferred by His Holiness XIVth Dalai Lama:

Nr.   Date   Venue   Pilgrims
             
1.   May 1954   Norbulingka, Lhasa, Tibet   100,000
2.   April 1956   Norbuligka, Lhasa, Tibet   100,000
3.   March 1970   Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India     30,000
4.   January 1971   Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India     10,000
5.   December 1974   Bodhgaya, Bihar, India   100,000
6.   September 1976   Leh, Ladakh, India     40,000
7.   July 1981   Madison, Wisconsin, USA       1,500
8.   April 1983   Dirang, Arunchal Pradesh, India       5,000
9.   August 1983   Tabo, Himachal Pradesh, India  

  10,000

10.   July 1985   Rikon, Switzerland       6,000
11.   December 1985   Bodhgaya, Bihar, India   200,000
12.   July 1988   Zanskar, Ladakh, India     10,000
13.   July 1989   Los Angeles, California, USA       3,300
14.   December 1990   Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India   130,000
15.   October 1991   New York, New York, USA       3,000
16.   August 1992   Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh, India     20,000
17.   April 1993   Gangtok, Sikkim, India   100,000
18.   July 1994   Jispa, Himachal Pradesh, India     30,000
19.   December 1994   Barcelona, Spain       3,000
20.   January 1995   Mundgod, Karnataka, India     50,000
21.   August 1995   Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia     30,000
22.   June 1996   Tabo, Himachal Pradesh, India     20,000
23.   September 1996   Sydney, Australia       3,000
24.   December 1996   Salugara, West Bengal, India   200,000
25.   August 1999   Bloomington, Indiana, USA       4,000
26.   August 2000   Kyi, Himachal Pradesh, India     25,000
27.   October 2002   Graz, Austria     10,000
28.   January 2003   Bodhgaya, Bihar, India   200,000
29.   April 2004   Toronto, Ontario, Canada       8,000
30.   January 2006   Amarvati, Andhra Pradesh, India   100,000
31.   July 2011   Washington, DC, USA       8,000
32.   January 2012   Bodhgaya, Bihar, India   200,000
33.   July 2014   Leh, Ladakh, India   200,000
34.   3-14 January 2017   Bodh Gaya, India    
Kalachakra sand mandala completed at the 33rd Kalachakra Initiation in Ladakh 2014
Kalachakra sand mandala completed at the 33rd Kalachakra Initiation in Ladakh 2014