Photo Ed: Tibet marks anniversary of spiritual leader's death
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Tibetans marked Sunday as the anniversary of the passing their 15th century spiritual master Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa sect, a Buddhist Tibetan sect which the current Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama heads.
A Tibetan child lights a candle during a candlelit vigil to mark the anniversary of the death of Tsongkhapa, a Tibetan saint who started the Gelugpa order, one of the Tibetan Buddhism sects, in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Tibetan Buddhist nuns pour butter into lamps at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, to mark the death anniversary of Tsongkhapa, a Tibetan saint who started the Gelugpa order, one of the Tibetan Buddhism sects. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Tibetan exiles, seen through a window, light butter lamps at the Tsuglakhang temple to mark the anniversary of the death of Tsongkhapa, a Tibetan saint who started the Gelugpa order, one of the Tibetan Buddhism sects, in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Tibetan exiles hold a candlelit vigil to mark the anniversary of the death of Tsongkhapa, a Tibetan saint who started the Gelugpa order, one of the Tibetan Buddhism sects, in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Tibetan exiles hold candles and offer prayers to commemorate the passing away of their 15th century spiritual master Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa sect, a Buddhist Tibetan sect which the current Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama heads, in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala Dec. 21, 2008. (REUTERS/Abhishek Madhukar)
Tibetan Buddhist monks attend a prayer session in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, to mark the death anniversary of Tsongkhapa, a Tibetan saint who started the Gelugpa order, one of the Tibetan Buddhism sects. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
The Dalai Lama, left, looks at a security guard who gives him a salute with his rifle as he arrives at the Tsuglakhang temple to attend a prayer session in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, to mark the death anniversary of Tsongkhapa, a Tibetan saint who started the Gelugpa order, one of the Tibetan Buddhism sects. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
The Dalai Lama is helped to his seat by monks before a prayer session in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, to mark the death anniversary of Tsongkhapa, a Tibetan saint who started the Gelugpa order, one of the Tibetan Buddhism sects. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)