A restored 2000-year-old Ashoka Stupa that had fallen to ruin in China was this week publicly unveiled for the first time in a remote Tibetan town, with hundreds of worshippers paying their respects to a forgotten Indian Buddhist symbol in China.
At a grand ceremony on Tuesday Sep 15,2015 in Nangchen, a town in Yushu prefecture in southwestern Qinghai province bordering Tibet, the restored Stupa -a towering white and gold structure - and a new golden Buddha statue were unveiled by Gyalwang Drukpa, the Ladakh-based spiritual head of the Drukpa lineage - a Himalayan Buddhist sect that has following in Tibet, Nepal, India and Bhutan - who supported the restoration since the project began in 2007.
In what is a rare visit by an Indian Buddhist leader to a Tibetan area of China, Gyalwang's presence in Nangchen attracted hundreds of Tibetan followers from surrounding regions, who lined up for hours to seek his blessings.
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