Prominent personalities

* **Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama:** The spiritual leader of Tibet and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has made Dharamshala his home since 1960. * **Ogyen Trinley Dorje (17th Karmapa):** A prominent figure in Tibetan Buddhism who resided at the Gyuto Monastery near Dharamshala for many years. * **Lobsang Sangay:** A legal scholar and politician who served as the Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration. * **Samdhong Rinpoche:** An eminent Tibetan scholar, Buddhist monk, and former Prime Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration. * **Kishan Kapoor:** An Indian politician and Member of Parliament representing the Kangra constituency.