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A major fire has completely destroyed Patna's famous Lhasa woollen market. Tibetan refugees set up this market every winter and for many of them earnings made in Patna see them through the year.

For the next two weeks, Tibetan monks will create an intricate mandala at the Telfair Museum. The Tibetan Monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastary believe that Savannah is special.

Foreigners wanting to visit Tibet will no longer be required to be part of a group nor obtain an Alien Travel Permit, state media reported.

The Kalachakra puja, one of the most sacred rituals of the Mahayana sect, scheduled to begin on January 12 at Bodh Gaya and in which Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and the 17th Karmapa Urgyen Trinle Dorje will participate

Preparation for the 28th Kalachakra pooja is almost complete now with a whole-hearted support and cooperation from the Bihar State government and the local administration of the Gaya District as well as the local people.

A youth trying to lob stones at the 17th Karmapa while he was on his way to perform prayers was nabbed by police before he could harm the spiritual leader of the Tibetans.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Patna Monday under tight security following death threats from Chinese insurgents, police said.

The proximity between Gyngme Gyatso, an aide of Buddhist spiritual leader Karmapa who is in Bodh Gaya to attend Kalchakra Pooja, and a Chinese girl, Chen Yun Hann, has alerted state government agencies.

Bodh Gaya is all set to receive His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama for the Kalachakra pooja beginning from January 12. His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrives in Patna tomorrow (January 6) from Delhi.

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama smiles while giving a talk in New Delhi, India, Sunday Jan. 5, 2003. The talk was organized by Tushita Mahayana Meditation Center. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)