Visible blue blotches covering up prayers for the Dalai Lama on a cliff in Tridu region of eastern Tibet.
DHARAMSHALA, March 19: Chinese authorities have
effaced a traditional Tibetan prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama,
written on a rock face near the Nyitso Zilkar Monastery in Tridu region
of Kyegudo, eastern Tibet. According to an exile monk, Lobsang
Sangyal, the inscriptions on the rock, made on top of carved mantras,
appeared on March 10, coinciding with the 54th Tibetan National Uprising
Day. “As soon as the local Chinese authorities came to know
about the inscriptions, they termed the incident as ‘political’ and
dispatched security personnel to erase the prayer,” Sangyal The
prayer, ‘Gangri rawei korwei shingkham su …’ an ancient Tibetan hymn,
calls for the “reign of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to endure till the
end of existence.” Sangye added that details about the incident
were not immediately known as Chinese authorities had warned local
Tibetans against placing international calls. “Tibetans in the
Tridu region were called for a meeting by local Chinese government
officials before March 10 and were ordered not to establish contact with
the outside world,” Sangyal said. “They further said that all
international calls were being monitored and recorded.” Recently,
a monk at the Nyitso Zilkar monastery, Lobsang Jinpa, 31, who was
hospitalised last year after suffering severe beating and torture in
Chinese police custody was rearrested and sentenced to five years in
prison. On February 8, last year, around 400 monks from the
Zilkar monastery had led a protest march to Zatoe town with banners,
written in blue and red ink, symbolic of the two protector deities of
Tibet, calling for the Dalai Lama’s return, release of Tibetan political
prisoners including the XIth Panchen Lama and respect for Tibetan
lives. The march, which was later joined by a large number of
local Tibetans, coincided with the global solidarity vigil called by the
exile based Central Tibetan Administration.
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