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Spiritual leader Dalai Lama visits Mathura, hails India's diversity, relig
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): Buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Sunday visited Ramanreti Ashram in the historic town of Gokul here as part of his two-day visit to Mathura.
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WB: Buddhist organisation holds peace rally to promote message of global p
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri(West Bengal) [India], Sept 22 (ANI): With an aim to spread the message of global peace and national integrity, All India Buddhist Forum organised a conference with Buddhist religious leaders from across the country here on Sunday.
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Geneva: Tibetan, Uighur flags unveiled at UNHRC, protestors call for 'just
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 20 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists on Friday unveiled the flags of Tibet and East Turkestan, also known as Uyghuristan, outside the headquarters of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) here and called for the return of the Buddhist spiritual lea
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In the name of crackdown on 'illegal publications', China suppressing reli
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Sept 15 (ANI): Since the beginning of the year, China has intensified its crackdown on the sales and printing of religious publications aimed at what the country's ruling Communist Party says to "eradicate pornography and illegal publications".
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Ganesh Chaturthi 2019: Rules to abide by while placing Ganesha idol
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Shri Ganapati or Gajavaktra is one of the most loved Hindu deities. Not only is he worshipped and admired by Hindus, but is equally honoured by Buddhists and Jains.
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Revered Buddhist leaders of Sri Lanka welcome creation of Ladakh as UT
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 9 (ANI): Two of the most revered Buddhist religious leaders of Sri Lanka have welcomed India's move to carve out Buddhist-majority Ladakh as a Union Territory, stating that it would further strengthen ties between the two countries.
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Abrogation of Article 35A exposes myth of 'outsider' invasion in J&K
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): An influx of migrants into Kashmir has always been a major cause of contention for the Kashmiri leadership. But, the fact is, no one from the rest of India, including Buddhists from Ladakh, has ever made any attempts to settle in the Valley in the last 72 y
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Sri Lankan PM welcomes Centre's move to confer UT status on Ladakh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 6 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday welcomed the Central government's move to confer Union Territory status on Ladakh, a region with a Buddhist majority.
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Sri Lanka: Security beefed up as Buddhist monks meet over presidential vot
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): Security was beefed up in the Sri Lankan highland town of Kandy on Sunday as hardline Buddhist monks gathered for their first big assembly since Easter attacks by Islamist militants on churches and luxury hotels that killed more than 250 on April 21.
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Dalai Lama attends long life prayer ceremony in Dharamshala
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 6 (ANI): Spiritual leader Dalai Lama attended a long life prayer ceremony organised for him by the former staff members of the Tibetan-government in-exile at Buddhist temple Tsuglagkhang here on Friday, ahead of his 84th birthday.
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Gaya: Tergar Monastery celebrates 34th birthday of 17th Karmapa
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], June 26 (ANI): Buddhist monks gathered at Tergar Monastery in Bodh Gaya to celebrate the 34th birthday of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Thinley Dorje here on Wednesday.
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5th International Yoga Day: Tibetan, Indian Buddhist monks perform yoga at
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 21 (ANI): Tibetan and Indian Buddhist monks performed yoga on the occasion of 5th International Yoga Day on Friday, in the presence of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Governor Acharya Dev Vrat.
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