Tibetan Monk Drowns in Krishna River

A Tibetan monk named yonten, aged 25, drowned in Krishna river yesterday, police said. The monk had come to attend Kalachakra initiation at Amaravati in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh

The Dalai Lama Interview

You have to be really hard-bitten not to be taken with the Dalai Lama’s charm. He came across in our meeting as so pleasant and friendly—complete with a robust sense of humor—that I was disarmed

Spiritual aura engulfs Amaravati

These small villages look like a replica of Tibet. With hundreds of Budddhist monks in red robes on every street and corner of historic Amaravati and Dharanikota, the places are not just wearing a festive look but are charged with spiritualism.