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Dalai Lama begins three-day long teachings in Dharamsala | Following his trip to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, Tibetan spiritual leader-in-exile Dalai Lama on Tuesday made his first public appearance and also began his three-day long
teachings. Hundreds of Tibetans expressed their delight to see Dalai Lama preach
in Dharamsala. "Today Dalai Lama is making his first public appearance in Dharamsala
after making a successful trip to Tawang. So we are all very happy to see him
here," said Lobsang. The Dalai Lama has lived in Dharamsala with thousands of
his followers ever since they fled their homeland after a failed uprising against
Chinese rule in 1959. In 1950, the Chinese troops marched into Tibet and occupied
it. An estimated 134,000 Tibetans live in exile, a majority of them in India and
Nepal. Tibetans have accused China of repressing the religious aspirations of
the Tibetans, specially, the exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama who won the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. Beijing calls the Dalai Lama a dangerous "splittist"
plotting Tibetan independence, a charge he denies. He says he is merely seeking
autonomy for Tibet. |
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