DHARAMSHALA: Ven Karma Gelek Yuthok, Kalon of the Department of Religion and Culture, left Dharamshala today for the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies based in Sarnath, Varanasi.
Kalon will attend the two-day conference on ‘Mind in Indian Philosophical Schools of Thought and Modern science’ organised by CIHTS from 30-31 December. He will also attend the 50th founding anniversary celebration of the CIHTS on 1 January 2018.
From 2 – 9 January, Kalon will visit the Tibetan Buddhist monasteries based in and around Varanasi and will inspect the stupa construction project that the department is undertaking at various Buddhist holy sites.