Buddhist devotees from Vietnam take part in 'Kathina Chivaar' robe offering ceremony at Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya.

Buddhist monks pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary at Rajghat, in New Delhi.

Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery in southern India create a sand mandala in the atrium of the Colket Center at Roanoke College in Salem. The monks are on ...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during a programme at Ramanreti Karshni Ashram near Mathura

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during a visit to Ramanreti Karshni Ashram near Mathura

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama offers fruit to an elephant at Ramanreti Karshni Ashram near Mathura

Mongolia's President Khattamagin Battulga offers prayers at a Buddhist Temple during his visit, in Bodh Gaya

Tibetan spritual leader Dalai Lama during an interaction at a hotel, in New Delhi.

Buddhist monks and devotees from Sri Lanka offer prayers under the holy Bodhi tree at Mahabodhi Temple, in Bodhgaya.

Buddhist devotees from Sri Lanka take part in a procession at World Heritage Mahabodhi temple, in Bodhgaya.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, smiles as he arrives to give a religious talk at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamsala.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets devotees as he arrives to give a religious talk at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharsmsala. The three-day talk, which is organized at th...

Buddhist monks offer prayers to celebrate the 84th birthday of Dalai Lama, in Bodh Gaya.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama blesses a man during the conference 'Celebrating Diversity in the Muslim World' organised by Muslims of Leh-Ladakh, New Delhi

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama prays during his religious talk to Tibetan students at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala.

Buddhist Monks Shunsai, from left, Ryugyo, Chiken and Shudo pose for portraits for the film Tenzo, on the beach at the 72nd international film festival in Cannes, southern France.

An exile Tibetan Buddhist monk with voting rights shows the voting mark on his finger after casting his vote in the seventh and final phase of Indian national elections in Dharamsa...

Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks with voting rights vote in the seventh and final phase of Indian national elections in Dharmsala.

People pay obeisance to Lord Buddha on the occasion of Buddha Purnima, in Kolkata.

Buddhist monks pay obeisance to Lord Buddha on the ocassion of Buddha Jayanti at Mahabodhi temple, in Gaya.