Tibetan exiles stage fast as Dalai Lama takes part in hospital

Tibetan exiles and supporters staged a symbolic 12-hour fast for peace in Tibet on Saturday as Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama joined in from his hospital bed. The fast, which organisers said would be joined by supporters worldwide, aimed to highlight the “Tibetan cause” and push for world peace. Thousands of Tibetan exiles and supporters thronged the main temple in the northern [Indian] hilltown of Dharamshala, where the Tibetan government-in-exile is based, to pray. The 73-year-old Dalai Lama, hospitalised in Mumbai on Thursday with “abdominal discomfort,” joined in the fast from hospital after doctors judged him well enough to participate, aides said. The Dalai Lama was due to leave hospital late Sunday, his secretary said. Read Article