His Holiness the Dalai Lama to visit Buddhist institute, pagoda

In this photo released by the Bureau du Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, center, greets people upon his arrival at the Charles de Gaulle airport, north east of Paris, Monday, 11 August 2008.(AP Photos/Bureau du Tibet, Nhan Nguyen, HO)

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will begin his 12-day visit to France, with a visit to a Buddhist institute and pagoda outside Paris on Tuesday, International Herald Tribune reported.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in France on Monday.

His Holiness will inaugurate a new prayer room on Tuesday at a Buddhist institute run by an exiled Tibetan outside Paris in Veneux Les Sablons, then head to another suburb, Evry, to bless a statue of Buddha in a vast pagoda being built by worshippers of Vietnamese heritage.

In this photo released by the Bureau du Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, center, greets people upon his arrival at the Charles de Gaulle airport, north east of Paris, Monday, 11 August 2008.

Other major events planned during His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit, include a five-day teaching and a lecture in Nantes, in western France, from 15 - 20 August.

His Holiness will also attend an inauguration ceremony of a temple in southern France on 22 August.

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