Trending This Week on Social Media: CTA’s Thank You India 2018 event

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama and CTA President Dr Lobsag Sangay with Dr Mahesh Sharma looking at His Holiness’ escape photo at Thank You India 2018 event at Tsuglakhang, Mcleod Ganj, 31 March 2018 Photo / Tenzin Phende / DIIR / CTA

“Today is the day to say thank you to this great country, incredible India. No other country has done more for Tibet than India. No people of a country has been so kind, generous as the Indian people is to Tibetans,” CTA President Dr Lobsang Sangay.

With the gracious presence and blessings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Central Tibetan Administration kicked off the yearlong Thank You India Campaign to mark 60 years of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s arrival in India, at main Temple, Mcleod Ganj on 31 March 2018,

“Under the difficult circumstance, I have fled Tibet. It’s been a time of mixed feelings of both sadness and happiness. At the time, we had no idea what would happen in next 40 to 50 years. But today, we are commemorating 60 years in exile so now we could see to a certain extent what would happen in the near future,” His Holiness the Dalai Lama said.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing at the Thank You India 2018 event at Tsuglakhang, 31 March 2018. Photo / Tenzin Phende / DIIR / CTA

Union Minister Dr Mahesh Sharma was the chief guest of the event, and the other dignitaries include BJP general Secretary Shir Ram Madhav, Shri Shanta Kumar, former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Satyavarath Chaturvedi, Senior spokesperson of Congress, and Shri R K Khrimey, Convenor of Core Group for Tibetan Cause.

The event became even more emotional by the presence of the special guest of honour, Shri Naren Chander Das, the lone survivor of Assam Rifle Troopers who escorted His Holiness in March 1959 onto the sacred soil of India.

“I feel blessed once again as His Holiness touched me and bumped his head with my head,” said Naren Chandra Das, now 80, who escorted the Dalai Lama on his arrival in Arunachal Pradesh. Source / Hindustan Times

His Holiness the Dalai Lama touching head with Shir Naren Chandra Das as gratitude to the lone Assam Rifle Trooper who escorted His Holiness en route India’s border in March 1959. Photo / Tenzin Phende / DIIR / CTA

Thousands of people including Indian, Asians, western and Tibetan thronged together to observe the event and many more watch the event live streaming via an official page of Central Tibetan Administration (@TibetTV) as well as an official page of office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama).

In less than 24 hours, a total of 6,60,000 netizens watched the live streaming of #ThankYouIndia2018 event. Statistically speaking, 5,06,000 watched the live streaming on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s official Facebook English page @Dalai Lama. 38,000 on Hindi language page, 52,000 on Tibetan language page and 64,000 on Central Tibetan Administration’s official Facebook page @TibetTV.

The highlight of the event was the ‘Thank You India musical tribute song’ performed by the artists of Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts. The very tribute song was uploaded on CTA official Facebook page @TibetTV on 28 March 2018. The song is about ‘chela relationship with the guru,’ received good response from the netizens with a total of fifty thousand viewership and one thousand and five hundred likes, and two thousand and one hundred and five shares. And it is trending on our social media sites.