The
Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies at Dahung in West Kameng
district, where a majority of the people follow Tibetan Buddhism, is
now a full-fledged central institute, according to its founder Tsona
Gontse Rinpoche.
The
institute, conceived by Rinpoche in 2000, had received the nod of the
Union Cabinet on May 26, 2010 with a project cost estimated at Rs 9
crore and recurring annual cost of Rs 124.86 lakh.
The
Buddhist population of the state resides in the region's Tawang, West
Kameng, remote regions which are close to Tibet and near the Myanmar
border.
Tibetan
Buddhism is practised in the first three regions while Therevada
Buddhism reigns supreme in the lives of people living near the
Myanmarese border.
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