Dalai Lama donates Rs 20L for Tawang's hospital

Tawang, Nov 9: The Dalai Lama on the second day of his visit to Arunchal Pradesh inaugurated a district hospital here and donated Rs 20 lakh for its building.

Addressing the devotees here, the Tibetan monk said that the younger generation should join monasteries to carry forward Buddha's message of peace.

"Buddhist culture and tradition have to be preserved at every cost," he said.

He also visited the Yid-Ta-G-Choezin ground where he planted saplings and distributed some of them among the thousands of devotees assembled there.

The Dalai Lama arrived on Sunday, Nov 8, on a four-day visit to state.

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