Police issue a sketch of the woman, identified as Song Xiaolan, besides sharing her passport and visa details
Bodh Gaya: This ancient city in Bihar where Gautam Buddha, founder of Buddhism attained enlightenment some 2000 years ago is abuzz with heavy security on Thursday, December 29, amid the visit of the Dalai Lama, a PTI report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
What adds to the concern of the police authorities is a possible threat to the life of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual Tibetan leader, who lives in exile in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India.
In this connection, the Bihar Police in Bodh Gaya have issued a sketch of a Chinese woman, identified as Song Xiaolan, and have shared her passport and visa details with the press.
However, it was not immediately clear why the police were looking for the woman.
Security has been beefed up around the Mahabodhi Temple Complex with the screening of devotees being intensified, he added.
The Dalai Lama addressed a gathering in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya in the morning.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner arrived in this pilgrim city, resuming his annual tour of Bodh Gaya, which had been suspended for the past couple of years due to the pandemic.
On December 23, he had offered special prayers at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya after a gap of a couple of years. He will spend close to a month in Bodh Gaya, where he will give public discourses between December 29 and 31.
Bodh Gaya Temple Management Trust member Arvind Singh said, the Dalai Lama used a battery-driven automatic car to commute from the Tibetan monastery where he is staying.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner arrived in this pilgrim city, resuming his annual tour of Bodh Gaya, which had been suspended for the past couple of years due to the pandemic.
The Mahabodhi Temple, a UNESCO world heritage site, is situated at a place where Buddha is said to have attained Enlightenment more than 2,000 years ago.
When the Chinese occupied Tibet in 1957, the Dalai Lama had to flee the country along with a large band of followers and seek asylum in India. He was extended all help by India to set up a government in exile with his headquarters at Dharamshala.
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