Itanagar: The Dalai Lama has recollected his journey from Tibet to Arunachal Pradesh in 1959 and urged the people of the state to preserve and promote their culture and tradition.
In his recollections, the spiritual leader narrated how he reached Tawang and West Kameng districts of Arunachal Pradesh after leaving Tibet 55 years ago.
“You should not only preserve but also promote your age old culture and tradition,” the Dalai Lama told a function at Mundgod in Karnataka to commemo-rate the 55th year of his arrival and first preaching at Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh in 1959.
The function was organised by the Tendhon Culture Preservation Society of Tawang monas-tery yesterday, a press release said here.(PTI)