地點：印度 上密院
時間：2008年10月20日
報導：Tashi Paljor
攝影：Tashi Paljor

10月20日，上百位藏人手持潔白哈達，香花迎接尊者達賴喇嘛返回達蘭沙拉。此次尊者是在德里的一所私立醫院接受切除膽囊結石的手術，手術進行的相當成功！迎接隊伍包括法王噶瑪巴、西藏流亡政府官員、西 藏非政府組織的各大領袖等，於距 McLeod Ganj一小時車程遠的Gaggal機場迎接尊者從德里歸來。

Hundreds of Tibetans and well-wishers holding traditional ceremonial scarves and burning incense greeted His Holiness the Dalai Lama as he returned to his hometown. His Holiness the Dalai Lama was received at the Gaggal Airport, which is an hour drive from McLeod Ganj, by The Gyalwang Karmapa and officials of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, and heads of major Tibetan non-governmental organizations. Dalai Lama arrived from the Indian capital, where he successfully underwent a surgery to remove gall stones at a private hospital.