Dalai Lama likely to attend Kumb Mela
Dalai Lama is expected to be in Allahabad on 14 January
Dharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is likely to attend Kumbh Mela, beginning on 14 January in Sangam city of Allahabad, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
“Dalai Lama is expected to be in Allahabad on 14 January, the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti when the mela would formally be inaugurated," they said.
Office bearers of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) also confirmed the news saying the spiritual leader has been invited by the international officiating president of the organisation Pravin Bhai Togadia.
Dalai Lama is currently in Varanasi to give a discourse on ‘Bodhicharyavtar’ at Central University of Tibetan Studies in Sarnath.
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