Dalai Lama to visit Kochi on September 4

Kochi, the commercial capital of Kerala, is getting ready to welcome Dalai Lama, who will be making his first visit to the city on September 4.

The 75-year spiritual leader of Tibet will have a tight schedule in the city with programmes lined up during his one day visit, a release from Friends of Tibet, said here.

On Sept 4, he will deliver the inaugurl lecture at 'Beyond Conflict to Reconciliation: The Challenge of the 21st Century' organised by International Association for Religious Freedom at Catholic Renewal Center, here. The four-day seminar on religious freedom will have social and religious leaders from all over the world to attend, it said.

About 600 peace-makers from different parts of the globe are expected to take part in the Congress to discuss issues such as religion and human rights.

Lama would also give a private audience to Friends of Tibet and address a gather of its members. 

Friends of Tibet would also organise an exhibition of historic photographs on Tibet and the Dalai Lama and artifacts from Tibet, the release said.