Dalai Lama opens district hospital in Tawang
November 9th, 2009 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANITawang (Arunachal Pradesh), Nov 9 (ANI): The Dalai Lama today opened a district hospital in Tawang and donated Rs 20 lakh for its building.
After opening the Kahndo-Dowa Songma Tawang district hospital, he consecrated a Buddhist statue at its entrance.Later, he visited the Yid-Ta-G-Choezin ground where he planted saplings and also distributed some of them among the thousands of devotees assembled there.Addressing the devotees, the Dalai Lama asked the younger generation to join monasteries to carry forward Buddha’s message of peace.”Buddhist culture and tradition have to be preserved at every cost,” he said.
Speaking on the occasion, State Chief Minister Dorjee Kandu urged the people to preserve the Buddhist culture in this part of the country.The Dalai Lama, who arrived here on Sunday on a four-day visit, had criticised China for objecting to his trip to Arunachal Pradesh and expressed surprise over its claims to Tawang, a revered seat of Buddhism. The Tibetan spiritual leader is on a tour of this remote north-eastern state after a gap of six years. It also marks 50 years of his escape from Tibet after a failed uprising against the Chinese rule there.The Nobel Laureate has characterised his “emotional” visit to Tawang, which has strong ties to Tibet, as non-political. (ANI)
- Tibetans pray for Dalai Lama's upcoming Arunachal visit - Sep 22, 2009
- Tawang monks criticise China's reaction to Dalai Lama visit - Nov 10, 2009
- Prayers, sapling plantations mark Dalai Lama's birthday - Jul 06, 2011
- Dalai Lama stresses on peace as 30,000 attend Tawang discourse - Nov 09, 2009
- Tibetan exiles remember late Arunachal chief minister - May 26, 2011
- Dalai Lama prays for safe return of Khandu - May 01, 2011
- Tawang eagerly awaits Dalai Lama's visit - Oct 07, 2009
- Tibetans exiles in India hail Dalai Lama's visit to Tawang - Nov 11, 2009
- Dalai Lama delivers sermon in Kalimpong - Dec 13, 2010
- Dalai Lama to reach Delhi Saturday - Nov 07, 2009
- My Tawang visit is non-political: Dalai Lama (Second Lead) - Nov 08, 2009
- Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal in November - Sep 10, 2009
- Dalai Lama is not a separatist, Archbishop Tutu tells China - Feb 10, 2012
- Tawang residents prepare to welcome Dalai Lama - Nov 07, 2009
- Preserve Tibetan culture, Karmapa tells Tibetans - Jan 06, 2012
Tags: arunachal pradesh, buddhist culture, buddhist statue, chief minister, chinese rule, criticised china, dalai lama, devotees, dowa, emotional visit, gap, kandu, lakh, monasteries, nobel laureate, state chief, tawang, tibetan spiritual leader, yid, younger generation