LONG SEARCH ENDS
TIBET SECURES INFANT DALAI LAMA Upiled Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright KALIMPONG, September 1. After two years’ search by monks and soothsayers, the new infant Dalai Lama has been recognised. He will be publicly presented to the populace when the Tashi Lama reaches Lhasa. The last Dalai Lama died in December. 1933. The Tibetans believe his spirit, passes to the body of a child born at the exact moment of death. The holy one is identified by marks on the body and possesses instinctively attributes belonging to his predecessor. The Tashi Lama, second to Dalai Lama in the heirarchy, exiled in China since 1925, is now returning. The whereabouts of 'the Dalai Lama is kept secret pending his presentation.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20513, 3 September 1936, Page 9
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122LONG SEARCH ENDS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20513, 3 September 1936, Page 9
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