Hyderabad: In a controversial video that has gone viral on social media, the Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, can be seen kissing a minor boy on his lips and asking him to ‘suck his tongue’. The video, which is undated, shows the Dalai Lama pulling the boy towards him and sticking his tongue out while the audience laughs. However, the video has triggered severe backlash on social media. Netizens took to Twitter to criticise the revered leader for his actions and questioned the sequence of events. This incident comes weeks after the Dalai Lama named an 8-year-old Mongolian boy, born in the US, as the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, the third highest rank in Tibetan Buddhism. A ceremony involving both the Dalai Lama and the young boy was held in Dharamshala on March 8.
