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Hundreds of followers of the Dalai Lama have gathered in northern India for the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's 90th birthday, amid growing anticipation that he could give a clue about his eventual successor.
The Dalai Lama is due to release a video message and a statement on Wednesday, his office has told the BBC, although there's no clarity on what he will say.
The Dalai Lama fled across the border to India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet.
He set up a government-in-exile in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala and has been seen as an alternative source of power for those who resent Beijing's tight control of Tibet.
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