Elista: The religious and political leader of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, will be presented with a White Lotus order, the highest award in Russia’s republic of Kalmykia, “for his outstanding merits and considerable contribution to the spiritual revival and prosperity of the republic,” the Kalmykia president’s press service told Interfax yesterday.
The awards ceremony is expected to take place at the Dalai Lama’s residence during Kalmyk President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s visit to Dharamsala, India, in December, the press service said.
