Dalai Lama Standard Tibetan: ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་ Wylie transliteration: tā la'i bla ma Tibetan pronunciation: [táːlɛː láma] Incumbent Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama since 22 February 1940 Residence McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India Formation 1391 First holder Gendun Drup, 1st Dalai Lama Dalai Lama (UK: /ˈdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə/, US: /ˈdɑːlaɪ ˈlɑːmə/;[1][2] Standard Tibetan: ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་, Tā la'i bla ma [táːlɛː láma]) is a title given to spiritual leaders of the Tibetan people. They are… Continue reading Dalai Lama