Dharamshala, May 1 -- The Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) of the Tibetan government in exile concluded a two-day celebration of Tibetan Calligraphy Day on Friday with an exhibition at the main Tibetan temple, Thekchen Choeling Tsuglakhang's courtyard in McLeodganj of Dharamshala.

The event was organised to promote and preserve the Tibetan language and script.

Karma Wangdue, a calligraphy teacher from Palpung Sherabling monastery, told ANI the purpose of the celebration is to preserve the language and script.

"We are holding an exhibition on Tibetan script. We observe Tibetan calligraphy or script day on April 30 because we have 4 vowels and 30 consonants in Tibetan script, so we celebrate it on the April 30...