Dalai Lama to visit Chandragiri near Berhampur

BERHAMPUR: Tibetan Spritiual leader Dalai Lama will be visiting Chandragiri near Berhampur in January. Jigme Rinpoche, Head Lama, Chandragiri Buddhist Monastery said that his holiness Dalai Lama will be visiting the state to inaugurate the Buddhist Monastery in Chandragiri on January 11 next year.
The head Lama called on the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday to discuss about the proposed visit of the spiritual leader next year. It should be noted that during the Chinese Aggression of Tibet in 1959, Tibetan refugees crossed over to India along with the Dalai Lama and were allotted this spot near Berhampur. About 600 Tibetan refugee families had settled in five camps in Chandragiri area, which is topographically and climatically similar to the Himalayan State. The new Buddhist Monastery that is to be inaugurated is going to attract tourists as it happens to be the biggest monastry of its kind in the eastern region of India.

Source: Orissadiary, Orissalinks