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Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), April 7: The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama arrived in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday along with Chief Minister Pema Khandu amid protests by China.
The exiled Tibetan leader was scheduled to reach Tawang by chopper on April 4 but due to bad weather, he travelled over 550 kms by road from Guwahati to reach Tawang.
He covered 140 kms by road from Dirang in West Kameng district with a 30-km stretch of the route at Sela being partly snow-covered and having turned into muddy and slippery due to the melting snow.
Tight security was in place along the 140-km stretch between Dirang and Tawang, particularly at Sela.
Tawang has been decorated with colourful prayer flags and flowers with the roads repainted and the drains cleaned.
“A series of religious discourses by the Dalai Lama will begin tomorrow. He will stay at the Tawang monastery for four nights before leaving on April 11,” Tawang deputy commissioner Sang Phuntso said.
Security has been strengthened around the Tawang monastery, the Yid-Ga-Choezin ground where Dalai Lama will deliver his sermons.
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