The Boy King | Correspondent

Duration: 43'59''

Synopsis

A program about 15-year-old Urgyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa of a Tibetan sect regarded as second in power only to the Dalai Lama. Carol Wightman examines his religious and political influence and his relationship with India and China.

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