The International Campaign for Tibet, quoting Radio Free Asia (RFA) claimed on June 29, 2015, that the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday was marked in Tibet on the weekend of June 21-22 in devotional ceremonies in monasteries and in the heart of Lhasa, despite the dangers of punitive actions from the Chinese Government. It said images and footage from Tibet showed Tibetans gathering to mark the birthday (July 6 in the West, and June 21 in the Tibetan calendar) with displays of butter sculptures, prayer ceremonies, offerings before large images of the Dalai Lama. The images and video clips sent from Tibet showed: Tibetans circumambulating the Potala Palace, the Dalai Lama’s former home, in Lhasa and chanting monks in monasteries before images of the Dalai Lama. In Lhasa, large numbers of Tibetans circumambulated the Dalai Lama’s former home, the Potala Palace. In Golog (Chinese: Guoluo), Qinghai, hundreds of Tibetans gathered at Jonang Chamda monastery. Monks of Khagya Toe monastery in Kanlho (Gannan) prefecture in Gansu also paid respect to a portrait of the Dalai Lama. Monks in Rongpo monastery, Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren), Qinghai, and Meyshe monastery in Tsoe (Chinese: Hezuo) city, the capital of Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) in Gansu, also marked the birthday with a prayer service.