From the Archives
It is really fun trying to trace the origin and find information concerning an old photo. The image we are looking at right now did not have any specific details on it. The photograph is pretty rare since both the 14th Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama are in it, while visiting the ADYAR LIBRARY. His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited our Headquarters a number of times, but for as far as could be determined, this was the only occasion he was in Adyar accompanied by the Panchen Lama.
In order to determine the year when the photo was taken a search party was organized looking at the annual reports of the TS. The relevant text is publihed underneath the photo. When one looks through the names of visitors of the Adyar Library in1957, some well-known names appear, quite interesting!
To read more about the Dalai Lama (and the Panchen Lama) click HERE
To read more about the Panchan Lama click HERE
FROM THE 1957 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY pages 90 – 92 .
Visitors .—Among the visitors to the Library during the year were the Librarian, University of Ceylon; Dr. Hclmuth von Glasenapp, University of Tubingen; Professor Giuseppe Tucci and Raniero Gnoli from the Istituto Italiano per il Medio cd Estremo Oriente, Rome; Sri K. Balakrishna Panikkar, Sri N. R. Kurup and Sri S. Neelakanta Sastry of the Sanskrit College, Trivandrum; Mr. A. J. John, late Governor of Madras; Dr. J. W. de Jong, University of Leiden; Professor Walter Ruben, Humboldt University; Their Holincsscs the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama; Lord and Lady Attlee; the members of the Sanskrit Commission; Dr. David Friedman, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University; Dr. Walter Liebenthal, Visvabharati University, Santiniketan; Mrs. Ellsworth Bunker, wife of the U.S. Ambassador to India; and H. H. the Governor of Mysore. Dr. H. Kimura of Japan. Dr. George T. Artola and Dr. Arthur Nethercot, both of U.S.A., availed themselves of the facilities of the Library during their stay in Madras.
Like always, thanks to Jashree Kannan in Adyar.