Kalon Tripa to visit South India and Germany[Wednesday, 18 August 2010, 4:31 p.m.]
Dharamshala: Kalon Tripa Prof Samdong Rinpoche will leave Dharamsala on Monday (23 August) for a twelve-day visit to South India and Germany.Kalon Tripa will take part in the first National General Meeting of Tibetans at Lunsung Samdupling Tibetan Settlement in Bylakuppe in Karnataka scheduled from 26 – 31 August. Kalon Tripa will be in Bangalore on 29 August at the invitation of Tibet Right and Freedom Restoration Committee. The committee, which consists of Tibetan college students, helps to create awareness on Buddhism and politics among Tibetan students. Kalon Tripa will speak to a group of Tibetan college students on ‘Tibet’s culture preservation and responsibility of the Tibetan people in exile’ at the Tibetan Youth Hostel.Kalon Tripa will leave Bangalore for Frankfurt on 30 August. He will attend the farewell ceremony of Mr Roland Koch, who is retiring from active political life on 30 August. Mr Koch is the governor of the German state of Hesse and deputy leader of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats. He is a long time friend of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and supporter of Tibet’s cause. He highly commends His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s firm commitment to peaceful methods to raise awareness around the world of the plight of his people.Kalon Tripa will leave Germany for Bangalore on 31 August.He will attend the long life prayer ceremony for His Holiness the Dalai Lama to be organised by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile at Sera Thekchenling Sermey Thosam Norgyeling Monastery on 1 September. He will attend the landmark commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan democracy day at Bylakupee on 2 September.
