11-09-2009, 12:46 PM
<b>Dalai Lama draws huge crowds on visit slammed by China</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Tens of thousands of Buddhist devotees gathered on Monday to hear the Dalai Lama on his visit to a Tibetan border region that he insists is "non-political" but which China views as deeply provocative.
Some 30,000 people, many of whom had arrived days in advance, were expected to attend a mass session of religious teaching by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader at the remote Tawang monastery in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Some 30,000 people, many of whom had arrived days in advance, were expected to attend a mass session of religious teaching by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader at the remote Tawang monastery in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->