Name: Passang Dhondup
Age: 48
Status: Died
Father’s Name: –
Mother’s Name: –
Affiliation: Norbulingka Institute, Sidhpur, Dharamshala
Location of incident: The circumambulation path around His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s temple in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, India
Self-immolation: 2017-07-29
Info: An unmarried Tibetan man set himself on fire and died in the northwest Indian hill town of Dharamsala in a protest calling for the long life of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, Dhondup a worked as a painter at Norbulingka Institute, a center for the preservation of Tibetan culture and art self-immolated at about 3:30 p.m. on July 29 in a wooded spot called Lhagyal Ri where local Tibetans perform religious rites.
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