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Nit: you were likely in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala is the city in the valley below (where few foreigners stay), and not terribly convenient to travel to/from if you were living in the city.

That, or you were up in Dharamkat and hiked down into town/temple area where there are needless to say many Tibetan monks from the diaspora -- amazing part of India.

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The city (town) below is Lower Dharamshala, and McLeod Ganj is just another name for Upper Dharamshala. The Central Tibetan Administration, physically located in the upper part, consider themselves to be in "Dharamshala", and so does the Indian post office.

https://tibet.net/contact/

Wow, what a tiny nit to pick.

I appreciated it. I spent a little time looking at a map after reading it. The geographical, cultural and political relationships between India and Tibet are not discussed in the US as often as China-Tibet.

Threaded forums are well able to accommodate these kinds of small side discussions, too.

Which is so surprising. Religious, cultural and political connections between India and Tibet are old and historic.

Absolutely. We are just bad at geography and obsessed with China.

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