The Dalai Lama has been taken to hospital in the Indian capital with a chest infection.
Spokesman Tenzin Taklha said the Dalai Lama is under medication and likely to spend a day or two in the hospital.
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The Tibetan spiritual leader flew from Dharmsala for consultations with doctors in New Delhi and was taken to hospital on Tuesday.
Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 following a failed uprising against Chinese rule (Niall Carson/PA)
The north Indian hill town has been his headquarters since he fled Tibet in 1959 following a failed uprising against Chinese rule.
Mr Takhla said on Wednesday the 83-year-old Dalai Lama was feeling much better now.
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The Dalai Lama spends several months a year travelling the world to teach Buddhism and highlight the Tibetans’ struggle for greater freedom in China.
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