Bihar Tourism shows Chinese team film on Buddhism with the Tibetan leader in it, they walk out in a huff
The show was put together with zest for the Chinese guests.
They came, all 125 of them, and sat for a viewing of Buddhism: A Spiritual Journey, produced by the Bihar Tourism Department.
The documentary started, but soon there was loud protest and the angry visitors began to leave the theatre, as the stunned and confused hosts tried to figure out why.
They quickly got to know: the show had started with a short footage of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, exiled in India since 1959.
As they herded out of the movie room, one of the delegates said: "We don't accept Dalai Lama as our spiritual leader." The film show was specially organised for the delegation, which had reached Patna on Thursday after completing a pilgrimage of Buddhist sites in Bihar. Their India visit was jointly organised by China's Buddhist Association and its Shanghai chapter.
