TAWANG - The visit of the Tibetan spiritual guru the Dalai Lama to Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, has generated a lot of enthusiasm among the locals and Tibetans exiles in India.

My visit unnecessarily politicised: Dalai Lama

TAWANG - Tibetans’ Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama on Tuesday said that his visit has been unnecessarily politicised.

Tawang monks criticise China’s reaction to Dalai Lama visit

TAWANG - Monks attending the Dalai Lama’s discourse here criticised China’s reaction to his visit to India’s northeastern border state of Arunachal Pradesh as the Tibetan spiritual leader continued preaching to thousands of devotees for the second straight day Tuesday.

China says India has forgotten lessons of 1962 war

TAWANG - While China has blamed New Delhi for trying to provoke Beijing by orchestrating Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama’s controversial visit to Arunachal Pradesh, India has rubbished the allegation.

From California to Tawang for the Dalai Lama

TAWANG - Belize Lane, a 20-year-old student from San Francisco, California, is overwhelmed after attending a religious discourse by the Dalai Lama Monday.

Dalai Lama opens district hospital in Tawang

TAWANG - The Dalai Lama today opened a district hospital in Tawang and donated Rs 20 lakh for its building.

India limits media access to Dalai Lama on trip to town at heart of China border dispute

Unofficial media gag on talking to Dalai Lama

TAWANG - A day after the Dalai Lama’s barbs at China, Arunachal Pradesh government officials Monday informally requested journalists not to ask any questions or interact with the Tibetan spiritual leader.

Dalai Lama stresses on peace as 30,000 attend Tawang discourse

TAWANG - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Monday called for universal brotherhood and peace among all communities as he addressed more than 30,000 devotees in India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Dalai Lama visits Tawang, calls China’s objections baseless

TAWANG - Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters welcomed Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader to Arunachal Pradesh in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district on Sunday.

I am not encouraging separatist movement in China: Dalai Lama(Third Lead)

TAWANG - The Dalai Lama, who arrived in this strategic Indian border state on a much-watched visit Sunday to a rousing welcome by hundreds of monks, rejected Beijing’s charges that he was spearheading a separatist movement. He said he would never return to China until the Tibetans there were treated properly.

‘I am hurt by China’s claim over Tawang,’ says Dalai Lama

TAWANG - Describing his visit to Arunachal Pradesh as non-political, Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama on Sunday said China’s objection to his visit was uncalled for, and added that he was also hurt by Beijing’s claim on Tawang District.

My Tawang visit is non-political: Dalai Lama (Second Lead)

TAWANG - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who arrived in Arunachal Pradesh Sunday to a rousing reception by hundreds of monks, rejected Chinese claims that he was spearheading a separatist movement and said his visit to the northeastern state was non-political.

Dalai Lama arrives at Tawang

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and members of the reception committee received him. The Dalai Lama is undertaking a week-long visit of the state.

Dalai Lama gets a rousing welcome at Tawang

TAWANG - The Dalai Lama arrived in India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh Sunday to a rousing reception by hundreds of monks and the resonating sound of gongs and cymbals.

Dalai Lama visits town near Tibetan border in trip that raises Chinese ire

Dalai Lama begins contentious visit to town near Tibetan frontier that has angered China

Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet

TAWANG, India — The Dalai Lama has arrived in the northeastern Indian town of Tawang for a five-day visit that has heightened tensions between India and China.

Dalai Lama arrives in Tawang, thousands welcome spiritual leader

TAWANG - Thousands of locals in traditional costumes and monks attired in their maroon robes lined up streets early Sunday to greet the Dalai Lama as he arrived here on a weeklong visit to India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Tawang residents prepare to welcome Dalai Lama

TAWANG - In a bid to extend a warm welcome to Buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama, residents of Tawang hung decorations and cleaned the streets leading to the Tawang Monastery on Saturday.

Indian flags, pro-Tibet banners a rebuff to China

TAWANG - The writing on the wall is loud and clear: the Dalai Lama’s week-long visit to Arunachal Pradesh beginning Sunday is a rebuff to Chinese claims over this frontier region.

Indian, Tibetan flags flutter ahead of Dalai Lama visit

TAWANG - Dozens of Indian flags fluttered alongside Tibetan prayer flags Saturday as Buddhist monks braved the winter chill to put up welcome arches and Mandala paintings on the road ahead of the Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh.

Dalai Lama trip to Tibet border highlights growing tensions between India and China

Dalai Lama visit highlights India-China tensions

India’s remote northeastern state readies for controversial Dalai Lama visit

Remote Indian state readies for Dalai Lama visit

Farmer recalls Dalai Lama’s gruelling trek to freedom

TAWANG - Fifty years ago, Auja Lama was among the thousands who received the Dalai Lama as he reached the frontier Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh while fleeing Chinese suppression.

800 Lamas to welcome Dalai Lama in Arunachal

TAWANG - More than 800 Buddhist monks led by their high priests will welcome Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama when he arrives the mountainous northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh Sunday amid mounting protests from China over his visit.

Arunachal monastery prays, prepares to welcome Dalai Lama

TAWANG - Around 400 Lamas are holding special prayers daily at the Tawang monastery as it prepares to welcome Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama next month amid stiff opposition by China to his Arunahcal Pradesh visit.

Tawang eagerly awaits Dalai Lama’s visit

TAWANG - Residents of Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh are thrilled over Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama’s visit to the place, considered as one of the last vestiges of Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism.

Indian Army joins Chinese military in their national day celebrations

TAWANG - On the occasion of China’s 60th National Day, Indian and Chinese army personnel jointly participated in celebrations at the Bum La border check post, located in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang District.

China cannot do a 1962, border villagers say

TAWANG - Sewang Lama, a businessman, was 11 years old when India and China fought a border war in 1962, with Chinese troops advancing deep into Arunachal Pradesh and inflicting heavy casualties on Indian soldiers.

Dalai Lama asks followers to preserve Buddhist culture at teaching session in northeast India

Tibetans exiles in India hail Dalai Lama’s visit to Tawang