Guwahati, April 1 : Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Saturday has arrive in Guwahati on his 12-day visit to North East India.
Assam Transport minister Chandramohan Patowary and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu had welcomed the Nobel Peace laureate at Borjhar International airport.
The Tibetan spiritual leader will attend at the concluding ceremony of platinum jubilee celebration of The Assam Tribune in Guwahati today.
The Dalai Lama will release an Assamese translation of his first autobiography and to deliver a speech during a programme organised by Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University in Guwahati on April 2.
He will also attend an open session in the Namami Brahmaputra festival, biggest ever river festival in India on April 2, which was inaugurated by President of India Pranab Mukherjee on March 31.
The Tibetan spiritual leader will also visit to Dibrugarh (Upper Assam), Tawang, Itanagar, Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh during his 12-day visit to North East India.
China has objected the Dalai Lama's visit to Tawang.
Meanwhile, tight security has been arranged in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh for the Tibetan spiritual leader's visit to the region.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
