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In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from institutions across India and Nepal – a record number – gathered at Dolma Ling Nunnery in northern India to take various levels of the Geshema ...

Tibetan nuns study during the winter examination period at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in Dharamshala, India, in 2022. Rebecca Conway/Getty Images In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious ...