Situation has now worsened with Leh town observing a shutdown in response to a call by Ladakh Buddhist Association, the region’s main Buddhist organisation
Nearly a hundred families from Jammu and Kashmir s Gharkhal village of Akhnoor sub-division were shifted to safer places after a bundh collapse on the river Chenab.
Calls for sense of oneness Excelsior Correspondent LEH, July 23: On over a month-long visit to the Union Territory of Ladakh, Buddhist spiritual leader The Dalai Lama today visited different religious places here. He visited Chowkhang Vihara, Moravian Church, Imam Bargah and Jama Masjid where he interacted with religious leaders on different issues. The Dalai Lama expressed gratitude to all for such arrangements. Stressing the need of communal harmony, the spiritual leader said that his prime object is to create […]
Religious procession taken out in Leh Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU/LEH, May 16: Buddha Purnima was celebrated with great enthusiasm, gaiety and fervor across the union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Click here to watch video To mark the auspicious occasion of 2566th Buddha Jayanti celebration, thousands of people congregated at historical Pologround. The main event was the religious procession known as “Bhumskor” in which people in large numbers carrying sacred books went around Leh town. Hundreds of school children […]