Tibetan Spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama on Monday inaugurated a district hospital in Tawang and donated
Rs. 20 lakh for its building on the second day of his visit to Arunachal Pradesh.
The Dalai Lama inaugurated the Kahndo-Dowa Songma Tawang district hospital and consecrated a Buddhist
statue at its entrance.
Later he visited the Yid-Ta-G-Choezin ground where he planted saplings and also distributed some of them among the thousands of devotees assembled there.
Addressing the devotees, the 74-year-old Tibetan monk asked the younger generation to join monasteries to carry forward Buddha's message of peace.
"Buddhist culture and tradition have to be preserved at every cost," he said. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Dorjee Kandu urged the people to preserve the Buddhist culture in this part of the country.
The Dalai Lama, who arrived here on Sunday on a four-day visit, had rebuffed China for objecting to his trip to Arunachal Pradesh and expressed surprise over its claims to Tawang, a revered seat of Buddhism.