McLeod Ganj (India), Apr 25 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Sanjay Baid). Tibetans living in exile in India on Thursday marked the 30th birthday of their second-most important spiritual leader who was swept away by the Chinese authorities 24 years ago when he was just six.
Gendun Choekyi Nyima was taken into "protective custody" along with his family three days after he was chosen on May 14, 1995 as the 11th Panchen Lama, the second-most important religious figure in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama.
