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Dalai Lama returns to Mcleod Ganj fully recovered

By Lobsang Wangyal | Tibet Sun

The Dalai Lama greets the welcoming crowd as he arrives in Mcleod Ganj from Delhi after undergoing surgery to remove gallstones in a hospital in Delhi on 10 October 2008.Tibet Sun/Lobsang Wangyal/India

The Dalai Lama returned to his home-in-exile in Mcleod Ganj after undergoing surgery to remove gallstones in a hospital in Delhi.

“The Dalai Lama has fully recovered from the surgery,” said Tenzin Taklha, a secretary to the Tibetan leader.

Thousands of exile Tibetans, local Indian and foreign tourists lined the streets to welcome the Dalai Lama.

He is scheduled to leave for Japan in the first week of November, and plans to visit Belgium, the Czech Republic and Poland in November and December, Taklha said.

He is likely to attend the founding day celebrations of the Tibetan Children’s Village school in Dharamshala on 25 October.

The Dalai Lama had spent a few days at the Tibetan youth hostel in Delhi to rest after undergoing surgery to remove gallstones on 10 October at Sir Ganga Ram hospital in Delhi.

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