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Reported By Kelsang Jinpa Edited By Pema Tso Translated by TenGyal
The Chinese Communist government has converted a site which used to house a monumental Buddha statue into a horse racing course in Drago, Tibet and erected two new large building structures on the ruins of the demolished Geden Buddhist School.
On December 12, 2021, reports emerged that the Chinese government had destroyed a 99-foot Buddha statue, a statue of Maitreya Buddha, and forty-five Mani prayer wheels near Gaden Rabten Namgyal Ling Monastery in Drago, Tibet; however, due to severe local restrictions at the time, the full details of the events remained unclear.
According to findings obtained through long-term investigation and information gathering by Tibet Times, reveal that while the current whereabouts of the destroyed Maitreya Buddha statue remain unknown, the Buddha statue was moved inside the assembly hall of Drago Monastery. On its original site, the Chinese...
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