Tawang: Arriving here to a rousing reception, the Dalai Lama today slammed China for objecting to his visit to Arunachal Pradesh and expressed surprise over its claims to the border town of Tawang.
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Thousands trek to Dalai Lama
TAWANG - Thousands of devout Buddhists poured into this remote Indian mountain town, arriving in packed trucks or on foot after long journeys along narrow paths for a rare chance to glimpse the Dalai Lama.
The Tibetan spiritual leader's week-long visit to this town near the Chinese border, which began last night, has been mired in a diplomatic squabble - highlighting the growing friction between Beijing and New Delhi as the two nuclear-armed giants vie for economic and political power.
The neighbours have been embroiled in a border dispute over the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh since 1962, and China has decried the visit and demanded that India stop it.
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