Dalai Lama turns 84; attends long life offering prayer in Dharamshala

Namgyal Monks dressed in traditional costume performing rituals during the Long Life Offering Ceremony for his holiness the Dalai Lama at the main Tibetan Temple in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India on July 5, 2019. (Photo: dalailama.com I Tenzin ChoeJor)

Artist Sudarsan Patnaik wishes Dalai Lama on his birthday using sand art. (Photo: Twitter I @sudarsansand)

84th birthday of Dalai Lama being celebrated at Majnu ka Tilla Tibetan Monastery, Delhi. (Photo: ANI)

14th Dalai Lama's 84th birthday being celebrated across the country. (Photo: ANI)

A view of the offerings set on the veranda of the main Tibetan Temple to be distributed to the crowd at the conclusion of the long life offering ceremony for his Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India on July 5. (Photo: dalailama.com, Tenzin ChoeJor)

Members of the crowd in the main tibetan temple courtyard waiting for his holiness the Dalai Lama at the conclusion of the Long Life Offering Ceremony in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. (Photo: dalailama.com, Tenzin ChoeJor)

A view from the back of the Main Tibetan Temple during the long life offering ceremony for his holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. (Photo: dalailama.com, Tenzin ChoeJor)