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The Chinese are not afraid of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for nothing. There is perhaps no other living man who evokes so much of loyalty and devotion in his followers.

Three of Dalai Lamas followers recently travelled on foot for five months all the way from Ingappa village in Tibet to Bodh Gaya, where Buddha attained enlightenment, to pray for his long life. On reaching there last Thursday, Kelsang Dondup, 56, Sangau Dolma, 62, and Chultim Lama, 43, offered prayers to Buddha at the Mahabodhi Temple.

Two years ago, monk Gyansen Lama had also offered prayers at the Mahabodhi Temple. But he did not come on foot from Tibet. He crawled all the way.

It may be recalled that the Dalai Lama had fled Tibet in 1959 after the Chinese occupied it, and has been living in Dharamsala since.