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Tibetan New Year celebration begins with special prayers in Dharamshala

Tibetans celebrate Losar as a festival for three days but due to the tragic earthquake in Tibet this year, they are not celebrating it with great pomp and show. Only necessary rituals are being performed

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Tibetans in exile celebrate Losar, the Tibetan New Year, in Nepal (in picture) while those in Dharamshala celebrate in India. Image for representational purposes only. Photo Courtesy: AFP

Tibetans in exile celebrate Losar, the Tibetan New Year, in Nepal (in picture) while those in Dharamshala celebrate in India. Image for representational purposes only. Photo Courtesy: AFP

Tibetans in exile are celebrating Losar, also known as the Tibetan New Year. Tibetans are welcoming the Wood Snake Year 2152 and will bidding good bye to Dragon Wood year 2151.

The religion and culture department of the Tibetan government in exile organises special prayers on this occasion at the main Tibetan temple, Tsuglagkhang, here in the North Indian hill town Dharamshala on Friday morning.

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