Dalai Lama no-show at mass untouchable conversion in India
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{{date|May 27, 2007}}
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This Sunday it was hoped [[Tenzin Gyatso]], the [[Dalai Lama]], would preside over a mass conversion of [[India]]n {{w|Dalit|Dalits}} to [[Buddhism]]. According to a report in {{w|The Hindu}} newspaper he instead sent a message of encouragement to the mass conversion ceremony in [[Mumbai]].

The ceremony, attended by diplomats from a variety of Buddhist countries, was expected to have around 100,000 converts.  Those attending the ceremony at the city's racecourse hope that the change of religion will help escape the stigma of being one of the country's untouchables.

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://www.lankaeverything.com/vinews/srilanka/20070527004024.php
|title=Mass conversion to Buddhism today in Mumbai
|author=The Hindu
|pub=Lankaeverything.com
|date=May 27, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mass-conversion-dalits-shift-faith/41410-3.html
|title=Mass conversion: Dalits shift faith
|author=CNN-IBN
|pub=IBN Live
|date=May 27, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6695695.stm
|title=Low caste Indians set to convert
|author=Zubair Ahmed
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=May 26, 2007}}

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This Sunday it was hoped Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama, would preside over a mass conversion of Indian Dalits to Buddhism. According to a report in  newspaper he instead sent a message of encouragement to the mass conversion ceremony in Mumbai.

The ceremony, attended by diplomats from a variety of Buddhist countries, was expected to have around 100,000 converts.  Those attending the ceremony at the city's racecourse hope that the change of religion will help escape the stigma of being one of the country's untouchables.
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