On December 22, 2025, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama granted an audience to Khenpo Tenzin Chödrak, head of the Kalmyk Buddhist community and abbot of Kalmyk Geden Shedrup Chökhorling Monastery, along with approximately 340 devotees from within and beyond the Tibetan community, at the assembly hall of Drepung Gomang Monastery in Mundgod, South India.
This event highlights the ongoing spiritual connections between the Kalmyk Buddhist community and Tibetan Buddhism, with the video courtesy of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.