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Normalcy was restored today in the pilgrim city of Gaya which witnessed large scale arson and stone throwing following reports of damage to portraits of two gods late Friday night, official sources said here.
After using innovative means ranging from candle-light marches to beauty contests in Dharamsala, Tibetan groups have now hit upon a new strategy to raise awareness about Tibet’s occupation by China — a boycott of Chinese goods flooding Indian markets.
Bodh Gaya is all set for the opening of the Buddhist Festival of Kalachakra that officially commences on January 12 under the spiritual guidance and presence of the Tibetan leader-in-exile the Dalai Lama.
A group of Indian Buddhist monks have threatened to immolate themselves at Bodh Gaya in Bihar if the Dalai Lama does not mediate with them on their demands and not to hold his Kalchakra prayer on Sunday.
The death sentences passed on two respected Tibetans, Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and Lobsang Dhondup on Dec 3, 2002 by a court in western China’s Sichuan province shocked the Tibetans all over and the international community.
At a press briefing this evening, the DM expressed his displeasure on the news item published by UNI headlined as "Attack on Karmapa aborted", which is completely untrue.
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, the Tibetan Buddhist leader who was sentenced to death in a suspect trial last month in connection with an explosion, has begun a hunger strike in protest of his treatment in detention, which sources say has included torture.
