The Dalai Lama on 3-day visit to Sikkim

The Dalai Lama will be visiting the state for the consecration ceremony of Tathagata Tsal at Rabong in south Sikkim during the last week of this month.
State officials said he will be reaching Rabong from Delhi via Bagdogra on March 24, as part of his three-day tour.
The Dalai Lama will be offering the Long Time Empowerment and Long Life prayers followed by teachings on 37 practices on Bodhisattvas in the afternoon.
The ceremony will take place on March 26 morning, after which the monk will reach Gangtok to interact with students and youths here in the Mannan Kendra, Gangtok on the same afternoon.

Around 30,000 devotees are expected to attend the consecration ceremony.
A group from the Tibetan Institute of Performance Arts from Dharamsala is also coming to perform cultural items along with the troop of the state's culture department during the ceremony.