Poor facilities, pickpockets mar Buddhist meet
Thousands of Buddhists from abroad have flocked to the birthplace of the Buddha for a festival, but many are clearly unhappy over the poor facilities and infrastructure.
Four foreigners held in Bodhgaya
Four foreigners – a Tibetan and three Nepalese – have been taken into custody by the police in Bihar’s Bodhgaya where Kalchakra puja, the most sacred of the rituals of Mahayana sect of Buddhism, is in progress amidst heightened security measures, Police said today.
Ragdi, Lekchog Re-Elected Tibet Autonomous Region Leaders
Ragdi and Lekchog have been re-elected as heads of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Regional People’s Congress and the TAR Government respectively, the Chinese government announced on January 17, 2003.
Ragdi, Lekchog Re-Elected Tibet Autonomous Region Leaders
Ragdi, head of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Regional People’s Congress
Number of Devotees attending the Kalachakra Puja reaches its Peak
A number of devotees attending the Kalachakra puja has reached its peak in the last two days since the main initiation began. The Kalachakra Maidan is packed to its extended capacity
Dharma versus Politics
The countdown to the 28th Kalachakra ritual ceremony presently underway in Bodh Gaya started with a barrage of verbal threats and allegations of the lowliest kind, utterly baseless, stupidly brash and downright unimaginable against His Holiness the Dalai Lama by