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Facelift impending, Buddha is smiling

After centuries of neglect, the historic and ancient Buddhist monasteries of Himachal Pradesh on the Manali-Leh tourist circuit will be given a facelift under the Rs 6.53-crore Integrated Buddhist Circuit Development Project approved recently by the Centre.

Children Painting Their Escapes And New Lives

Children love to paint. In India, at the Tibetan Homes Foundation School in Mussoorie Tibetan children are using painting to express their lives in refuge. For many there were often daring and emotional escapes from their homeland.

A Sacred Circuit in Tibet

A stupa, or Buddhist shrine, stands before Mount Kailas in Tibet. (Lonely Planet Image)

A Sacred Circuit in Tibet

Mount Kailas, a white pyramidal mountain in western Tibet, is a mystical locus of four religious groups of Asia: Buddhists, Jains, Hindus and Bonpos, who practice the shamanistic, pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet.

Hu Jintao Becomes China’s New President

New Chinese President Hu Jintao, right, is congratulated by outgoing President Jiang Zemin after Hu was named as his successor during a session of the National People's Congress in Beijing on Saturday March 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Hu Jintao Becomes China’s New President

After years of preparation and months of maneuvering, China finally made Hu Jintao its president on Saturday, handing power to a new generation of leaders expected to continue liberal economic policies while maintaining tight Communist Party political control.

Bharat Jagaran Yatra in South India

While the first phase of the nation-wide grassroot level campaign, “Bharat Jagaran Yatra” launched under the auspices of Tibetan Youth Congress and Bharat-Tibbat Sahyog Manch, completed in Northern India

The Development of Tibetan Medicine in Europe

The Working Group of Complimentary and Natural Medicine through the Tibet Inter-group of the European Parliament invited Prof. Dr. Pasang Yonten Arya, (former Principal and Professor at the Mentseekhang of H.H. the Dalai Lama

Movie talk

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Movie talk

A press conference for the screening of the feature film called Melong was held at Gangkyi Hall at 11am, 15th March, 2003. The film’s director cum producer and male lead Tenzin Sheshi gave an exclusive insight into his first movie

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