What is Norbulingka Institute?
[[File:Norbulingka Institute, with Dhauladhar range in the background.jpg|thumb|Norbulingka Institute, with [[Dhauladhar]] range in the background.]] [[File:Thangkaschilder.jpg|right|thumb|A [[Thangka]] painter, Norbulingka Institute]] The '''Norbulingka Institute''' was founded in 1988,<ref>[http://www.tibet.org/norling/ Norbulingka Institute] ''[[Central Tibetan Administration]]''</ref> by the present [[14th Dalai Lama]] at Sidhpur, near [[Dharamsala]], [[India]]. The institute helps to preserve the [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]] language and [[culture]]. The institute is named after [[Norbulingka]], the traditional summer residence of the [[Dalai Lama]]s, in [[Lhasa]], Tibet. The main building is a replica of the Norbulingka palace in Lhasa<ref name=ex>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_lLiIvbf9S4C&dq=Norbulingka+Institute&pg=PA305 Norbulingka Institute] ''Exile as challenge: the Tibetan diaspora'', by Dagmar Bernstorff, Hubertus von Welck. Published by Orient Blackswan, 2003. {{ISBN|8125025553}}. ''Page 305''.</ref> ==References== <references/> [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]