His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Grace Offering Ceremony
Dharamsala 30 November: As an outcome of divinations conducted by lamas in reliance upon deities, the Kashag will hold an official prayer offering at the sacred site of Bodhgaya on 25 January 2005 (the fifteenth day of the twelveth Tibetan lunar month) to mark the holy wood monkey year. The prayer offering aimed at the Tibetan people’s collective accumulation of merit will be attended by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and important lamas from all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. The prayer offering was earlier scheduled for 22 January 2005.
As decided by the Kashag, every Tibetan in exile has offered a religious contribution of maximum 25 Rupees and minimum 1 rupee 25 paise as the fund for offering of new robe and alms bowl to the idol of lord Buddha located inside the holy temple of Bodhgaya.