Kinnaur, Nov. 30 -- A four-year-old boy from Pooh village in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district has been formally recognised as the ninth incarnation of revered Buddhist master Yulgial Tulku Rinpoche, drawing thousands of devotees to the region for the traditional Mundan Sanskar ceremony.

The young reincarnate, identified after a rigorous religious process, arrived at the Shada Vai Buddhist Gompa in Kullu district, where monks performed the customary head-shaving ritual marking his formal entry into monastic life.

A larger number of devotees from across Kinnaur and neighbouring regions gathered to seek blessings from the new incarnation, whom they believe will continue the spiritual legacy of the centuries-old lineage.

Speaking to ANI...