SNS | Siliguri | March 26, 2018: The All Bengal Buddhist Development Committee is scheduled to take out a “mega peace (silent) rally” from Darjeeling More to Airview More here on 1 April. Organisers said the rally is meant to voice the demands pertaining to the Buddhist community at large. The listed set of demands […]
Nepal Disallows Celebration of HH Dalai Lama’s Birthday
6th July 2016 The Songtsen Brikuti School in Boudhanath in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu where the Tibetan community was scheduled to celebrate the 81st birthday of the Dalai Lama was swarmed by Nepalese police early this morning, disrupting the celebrations and even detaining close to 30 Tibetans including the Tibetan Settlement Officer. The celebratory event […]
Darjeeling monastry to receive Buddha statue from Thailand
A 31-member delegation from Thailand will present a bronze Buddha statue to a monastery in Darjeeling on October 26 as part of a philanthropic endeavour. File photo: Buddha statue The Thai delegation is scheduled to arrive in Darjeeling on October 25 accompanied by Indian ambassador to Thailand Harsha Vardhan Shringla. Darjeeling Eastern Himalayan Buddhist Cultural […]
