17:31 , 09.06.08

 
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Dalai Lama's brother Taktser Rinpoche dies




Taktser Rinpoche, the oldest brother of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, has died in his home in the US state of Indiana after a prolonged illness, the office of the Tibetan

government-in-exile in India said Saturday. He was 86.

 

Rinpoche, who amongst other things was a former representative of the Dalai Lama in Japan, died Friday evening, as reported. (AP)

 




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