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Tibetan, Himalayan Buddhists mark Buddha Purnima in Shimla, offer prayers for global peace
Hundreds of Tibetan monks, local Buddhists, and followers assembled at the Dorjeedak Monastery in Panthaghati, where special prayers and rituals were conducted early in the morning.




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