There are close to 94,000 Tibetans in exile living in 40 refugee settlements across India The prayer halls have fallen silent and the sprawling monasteries no longer echo the chantings by hundreds of monks.
For the thousands of Tibetan refugees, away from their homes and family, and settled across India, the lockdown is a time to reflect and introspect.
There are close to 94,000 Tibetans in exile (as per the Central Tibetan Administration’s 2009 survey) living in 40 refugee settlements across India.
The community has so far reported a single coronavirus death, that of a 69-year-old man who died in Dharamsala last week, soon after his return from the US.