His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Tawang
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, and Arunchal Pradesh state Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, left, wave to media as they arrive at the Tawang monastery in Tawang, in the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The Dalai Lama brushed off Chinese protests and traveled Sunday to this remote Himalayan town near the Tibetan border to lead five days of prayer and teaching sessions for Buddhist pilgrims. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Buddhist monks wait to catch a glimpse of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, unseen, as he arrives at the Tawang monastery in Tawang, in the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The Dalai Lama brushed off Chinese protests and traveled Sunday to this remote Himalayan town near the Tibetan border to lead five days of prayer and teaching sessions for Buddhist pilgrims. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Buddhist devotees line up along the road as they wait for Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, in Tawang, in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Joyous Buddhist pilgrims thronged the streets Sunday of the remote Himalayan town of Tawang to catch sight of the Dalai Lama, whose rare trip so close to the Tibetan border has raised Chinese ire. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Buddhist devotee pays obeisance to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Tawang, in the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 . Indian officials are clamping down on journalists covering the Dalai Lama’s trip to a disputed border area in an apparent effort to minimize tensions with neighboring China. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
A Buddhist woman listens to the teachings of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Tawang, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunchal Pradesh November 9, 2009. Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters welcomed Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader on Sunday to the remote Indian region also claimed by China, a trip that has renewed tensions between the Asian giants. The visit, as well as reports of border incursions in recent months, has triggered tensions between the world’s two most populous nations, whose relations remain hostage to mutual suspicion lingering from a brief 1962 border war. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA POLITICS RELIGION)
A Buddhist monk listens to the teachings of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Tawang, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunchal Pradesh November 9, 2009. Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters welcomed Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader on Sunday to the remote Indian region also claimed by China, a trip that has renewed tensions between the Asian giants. The visit, as well as reports of border incursions in recent months, has triggered tensions between the world’s two most populous nations, whose relations remain hostage to mutual suspicion lingering from a brief 1962 border war. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA POLITICS RELIGION)
Buddhist monks watch a dance cultural program on the last day of teaching sessions by their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Tawang in the northeastern Indian state of Arunchal Pradesh November 11, 2009. Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has been in Tawang since Sunday on a visit. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA POLITICS RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Young Buddhist monks stretch out their arms to receive blessed Tsok(collective food offering after prayers) being distributed on the last day of prayer meetings and teaching sessions headed by spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, in Tawang, near the frontier with Chinese-controlled Tibet, in Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. China has protested the Tibetan spiritual leader’s week long visit to the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state that began Sunday after months of rising friction between India and China. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
