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Tibetans are trying to expose the "real face" of China during the nine-day Kalchakra festival, which starts on January 11 in Bodh Gaya.

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.

The process is an ancient and painstaking one, and the work it produces is spectacularly beautiful. But only for a moment. Because after several days in the making, the elegant

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.

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.

Buddhist monks seated in the back of the audience gathered to listen to the teachings of the Dalai Lama, pay close attention to the prayers recited through loud speakers in an improvised tent in the town of Bodh Gaya, believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment, during the Kalachakra Buddhist festival in the Indian eastern state of Bihar Thursday Jan. 9, 2003. The Kalachakra is the most important ritual of the Mahayana sect of traditional Buddhists. Photo by Elizabeth Dalziel

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.

The army was asked to stand by as tension gripped Gaya, Bihar, on Friday after unidentified miscreants damaged idols of two gods.

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.