In Pictures: His Holiness the Dalai Lama Blesses Pavilion of Tibetan Culture at AurovilleWednesday, 21 January 2009, 12:07 p.m.
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| His Holiness the Dalai Lama (L) being escorted by French writer Claude Arpi, during his visit to the international township of Auroville, located in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India, on 20 January. During the visit, His Holiness inaugurated the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture at Auroville. In his address, His Holiness said:”I’m very happy, my each visit here I found more progress, more development and the most important when I come here the people from the different countries, different nationalities then I felt now here genuine human spirit, the spirit of human brother sisterhood, I think something very sort of alive, that’s very good. |
Now we really need effort to promote genuine human spirit, respect all human being regardless of what their race, what their cultural, what their background, what their faith, that’s important.”
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| His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his arrival at Auroville Tibetan Culture Pavilion. His Holiness first visited Pondicherry and Auroville in 1973 . His Holiness paid his second visit on 23-24 December 1993, during which he laid the foundation of the Pavilion. |
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| His Holiness the Dalai Lama blesses the Auroville Tibetan Culture Pavilion with the lighting of ceremonial lamp. |
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| His Holiness the Dalai Lama giving interview to Auroville Today. |
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| His Holiness the Dalai Lama delivering address after inaugurating the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture at Auroville, Puducherry, India. Apart from the inauguration, His Holiness visited Matrimandir and addressed Aurovillians and friends on the theme of “Universal Responsibility and Human Unity”. |
(Photo courtesy: Auroville.org)
