Editing Dalai Lama (section)

== Residences ==
The first Dalai Lama was based at [[Tashi Lhunpo Monastery]], which he founded. The Second to the Fifth Dalai Lamas were mainly based at Drepung Monastery outside Lhasa. In 1645, after the unification of Tibet, the Fifth moved to the ruins of a royal fortress or residence on top of ''Marpori'' ('Red Mountain') in Lhasa and decided to build a palace on the same site. This ruined palace, called Tritse Marpo, was originally built around A.D. 636 by the founder of the [[Tibetan Empire]], [[Songtsen Gampo]], for his Nepalese wife.<ref>Shakabpa 1984, pp. 112–113.</ref> Amongst the ruins there was just a small temple left where [[Tsongkhapa]] had given a teaching when he arrived in Lhasa in the 1380s.<ref name="Laird 2006, p. 177">Laird 2006, p. 177.</ref>

The Fifth Dalai Lama began construction of the [[Potala Palace]] on this site in 1645,<ref name="Laird 2006, p. 177"/> carefully incorporating what was left of his predecessor's palace into its structure.<ref name=mull201 /> From then on and until today, unless on tour or in exile the Dalai Lamas have always spent their winters at the Potala Palace and their summers at the [[Norbulingka]] palace and park. Both palaces are in Lhasa and approximately 3&nbsp;km apart.

Following the failed [[1959 Tibetan uprising]], the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge in India. Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] allowed in the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government officials. The Dalai Lama has since lived in exile in [[McLeod Ganj]], in the Kangra district of [[Himachal Pradesh]] in northern India, where the [[Central Tibetan Administration]] is established. His residence on the Temple Road in McLeod Ganj is called the [[Namgyal Monastery|Dalai Lama Temple]] and is visited by people from across the globe. Tibetan refugees have constructed and opened many schools and Buddhist temples in Dharamshala.<ref>[http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/04/express/dispatches-from-the-tibetan-front-dharamsala-india "Dispatches from the Tibetan Front: Dharamshala, India,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423072304/http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/04/express/dispatches-from-the-tibetan-front-dharamsala-india |date=23 April 2008 }} Litia Perta, ''The Brooklyn Rail'', 4 April 2008</ref>

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File:Potala.jpg|[[Potala Palace]]
File:Norbulinka. August, 1993.JPG|[[Norbulingka]]
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