Tibetan monk cremated in Nepal despite China controversy
Kathmandu (AFP) July 31, 2014 - Thousands of mourners, many in tears, gathered in Kathmandu to pay tribute to a senior Tibetan Buddhist monk whose cremation was initially blocked by Nepal, sparking claims it had caved to pressure from China. Monks chanted prayers and played traditional music as they lit the funeral pyre under the shade of a multicoloured canopy surrounded by Buddhist flags. Nepal, which had initially g ... more
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