{"id":230758,"date":"2023-12-16T00:27:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T18:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=230758"},"modified":"2023-12-16T00:27:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T18:57:03","slug":"dalai-lama-arrives-in-bodh-gaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/12\/16\/dalai-lama-arrives-in-bodh-gaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalai Lama arrives in Bodh Gaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GAYA, 15 Dec:<\/strong> Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, arrived at Bodh Gaya in Bihar on Friday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was accorded a warm welcome at the Gaya International Airport by District Magistrate Thiyagarajan SM and Deputy Development Commissioner Vinod Duhan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the airport, he travelled to Bodh Gaya under heavy security cover. A large number of people stood on either side of the road to catch a glimpse of the Dalai Lama as he drove to the Tibetan monastery at Bodh Gaya.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to information provided by the district administration, the Dalai Lama will inaugurate the three-day International Sangha Forum, 2023. The forum will be held on 20, 21 and 22 December at the International Convention Centre, Bodh Gaya.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may also attend the function on 20 December.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 23 December, the Tibetan spiritual leader will participate in a &#8216;world peace prayer&#8217; session in the morning with delegates of the International Sangha Forum, along with the public, at the Mahabodhi Stupa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Dalai Lama will give three days of teachings at the Kalachakra teaching ground from 29 to 31 December. He will attend a &#8216;long life prayer&#8217; that will be offered to him in the morning at the Kalachakra teaching ground on 1 January, 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soon after the arrival of the Dalai Lama at the Tibetan monastery, Tenzeen, a Buddhist monk, told reporters, &#8220;We are very excited and happy with the arrival of the Dalai Lama. A large number of followers from across the world are expected to converge to attend the discourses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tight security arrangements are in place in view of the Nobel laureate&#8217;s stay, the site of whose discourse was rocked by a low-intensity blast in January 2018. (PTI)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GAYA, 15 Dec: Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, arrived at Bodh Gaya in Bihar on Friday, officials said. He was accorded a warm welcome at the Gaya International Airport by District Magistrate Thiyagarajan SM and Deputy Development Commissioner Vinod Duhan. From the airport, he travelled to Bodh Gaya under heavy security cover. A large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-230758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}