Turin 2006 Winter Olympics XX Relay Torch Signed by the Dalai Lama

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Ended:April 13th 2018, 10:03am EDT

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The Prize

Win this exceptional Olympic Torch from the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics.

After being lit in Olympia, Greece on November 27th, 2005, the Olympic torch crossed the whole world, arriving in Turin on February 10th, where, inside the Olympic Stadium, the torchbearer Piero Gros delivered it to the hands of Deborah Compagnoni, three-time Olympic Alpine skiing champion.

On March 28, 2006 the torch was brought to his Holiness the Dalai Lama, who signed it and added the phrase "I pray for all sentient beings to live in happiness." The torch was subsequently subjected to a treatment that made this written phrase permanent. This is the only Olympic torch autographed by the Dalai Lama.

After this meeting, the torch was carried for more than 100 km by the Italian climber Tom Perry, known for climbing mountains barefoot, to the base camp of Makalù, the fifth highest mountain on Earth and from there to the 8450 m summit by the alpinist Mario Vielmo. In this way the message of the Dalai Lama, of brotherhood and union among peoples, has reached one of the highest points of the planet, with the hope that from there it will spread as much as possible.

The torch was designed and built in steel by Pininfarina, with a shape reminiscent of a ski and the famous Mole Antonelliana. It is 770 mm tall, 105 mm wide, and weighs 1.9 kg; it has an outer shell in die-cast aluminum alloy, while the inside is made of steel, copper and technopolymers.

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The Cause

The Progetto Dormitorio in Sidare Bir Sakya Lama School L’Associazione Sidare O.n.l.u.s. was founded in Pianezze (Italy) in 2008 to help Tibetan refugees and kids from India and Nepal by creating local health and humanitarian projects.

Most of the kids that Sidare helps are from Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim and close tribal areas where poor families live with no housing and education. The charity has built a school, opened in 2015, thanks to the donations. The school hosts about 80 children, instructed by monks and adults.

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Item #P11287

In condition as donated.

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