Kalachakra 2012 - Buddhist Festival

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A Buddhist devotee holds a lotus flower as she waits to welcome spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in the town of Bodhgaya, believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment, for the upcoming Kalachakra Buddhist festival in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, India. The Kalachakra, the most important ritual of the Mahayana sect of traditional Buddhists, begins Dec. 31. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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Local laborers clean themselves at a public tap in the town of Bodhgaya, ahead of the Kalachakra Buddhist festival. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press

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Buddhists queue to enter the Mahabodhi temple, where Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment, before the Kalachakra Buddhist festival in Bodhgaya, Bihar state, India. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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Buddhist monks and other devotees wait to welcome their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama upon his arrival in Bodhgaya. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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Buddhist devotees bow in respect as their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama walks past upon his arrival in Bodhgaya. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press

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A Buddhist monks get their heads shaved in Bodhgaya, before the Kalachakra Buddhist festival in Bihar state, India. (Altaf QadriAssociated Press

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A Buddhist devotee walks toward the venue where Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is delivering teachings during the Kalachakra Buddhist festival in Bodh Gaya, Bihar state, India. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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Buddhist volunteers react as they pour milk into a huge pot to prepare tea for Buddhist devotees during the Kalachakra Buddhist festival. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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Buddhist monks hold kettles to be filled with tea to be served to Buddhist devotees during the Kalachakra. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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A young Buddhist monk picks up bread made for Buddhist devotees from inside a kitchen during the Kalachakra. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press

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A child plays during the teaching session of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at Kalachakra Ground during the sixth day of the Kalachakra Festival. Kalachakra 2012, began January 1, 2012 and lasted for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images

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Indian beggars ask for alms from Buddhist devotees visiting the Mahabodhi temple, believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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A boy attracts devotees as he sells butter lamps at the Mahabodhi temple during the sixth day of the Kalachakra Festival. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images)

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A young monk enjoys a carousel ride in a fun fair during the Kalachakra Festival. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images)

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Buddhist monks and other devotees walk back to their camps through a field after attending a teaching session of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during the Kalachakra. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press

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A young Buddhist monk sits in a niche made in a wall in the compound of Mahabodhi temple. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press

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Buddhist monks stretch their arms to receive offerings on the final day of Kalachakra. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press

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A Buddhist monks distributes religious books to devotees who attend the prayer session of Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images)

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Tibetan Spiritual Leader the Dalai Lama gestures during a ritual and teaching session. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images

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Buddhist monks listen to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama as he addresses foreign devotees during the Kalachakra. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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Buddhist devotees listen to the Dalai Lama in the place where Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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Buddhist monks pray with the Dalai Lama during the fourth day of the Kalachakra. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images

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A young Buddhist monk laughs during the final day of Kalachakra Buddhist festival. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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Buddhist devotees bow in respect as their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama walks past following prayers. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press

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Buddhist monks play musical instruments during the Buddhist festival. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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Tibetan devotees in ceremonial costume perform in the presence of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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A Buddhist devotee meditates. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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A Buddhist devotee prays during a Kalachakra initiation session.(Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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A devotee holds prayer beads during a prayer session of the Dalai Lama during the eighth day of the Kalachakra Festival. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images)

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Buddhist monks run with teapots to serve tea to Buddhist devotees.(Altaf Qadri/Associated Press

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A Buddhist devotee prays as he looks at a giant screen on a street displaying the Dalai Lama. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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A child enjoys a lollipop at Kalachakra Ground during the Ninth day of the Kalachakra, a festival of teachings and meditations. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images)

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Buddhists attend a candle vigil of the Tibetan Community in memory of self immolations in Tibet during the eighth day of the Kalachakra Festival. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images)

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A child attends a candlelight vigil of the Tibetan Community in memory of self immolations. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images

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Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama takes part in a ritual and teaching session. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images

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Getty Images - Monks pray as they hold broom sticks at a prayer session with Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama at Kalachakra Ground during the eighth day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on January 8, 2012. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations will take place from January 1, 2012 for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar and will be attended by Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA.

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A monk spins a prayer wheel as Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama delivers teachings at the ritual and teaching session in Bodhgaya on Jan. 2, 2012, on the second day of the Kalachakra Festival. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations will take place from Jan. 1, 2012 for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar and will be attended by Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai. (Diptendu Dutta, AFP / Getty Images)

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Buddhist monks attend the prayer session of Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama during the 'Kalachakra Initiaton' on the Ninth day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on January 9, 2012. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations will take place from January 1, 2012 for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar and will be attended by Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama. Photo: AFP/Getty Images, DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP

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Buddhist monks carrying kettles run towards the complex to serve tea to the devotees attending a teaching session being addressed by the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on the second day of the Kalachakra festival in the eastern Indian city of Bodhgaya January 2, 2012. The Kalachakra is a 10-day festival comprising Buddha teachings and meditations taking place at Bodhgaya, where Buddha is said to have gained enlightenment. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash

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Getty Images - Monks enjoy a wheel ride outside the Kalachakra ground during the eighth day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on January 8, 2012. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations will take place from January 1, 2012 for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar and will be attended by Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama.

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A monk speens a prayer wheel as Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama delivers teachings at the ritual and teaching session in Bodhgaya on January 2, 2012, on the second day of the Kalachakra Festival. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations will take place from January 1, 2012 for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar and will be attended by Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama. (Photo credit: DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Buddhist monks attend a teaching session by the Dalai Lama. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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A group of devotees performing a spiritual dance during the 7th day of the ongoing Buddhist festival Kalachakra in Bodh Gaya on Saturday. PTI

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AP Photo - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets devotees as he arrives to deliver teachings to an assembly of monks and other Buddhist devotees during the Kalachakra Buddhist festival in Bodh Gaya, Bihar state, India, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. Bodh Gaya, is believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.

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The Dalai Lama in the Mahabodhi Temple, where it is said that Buddha had received enlightenment (AP Photo / Altaf Qadri)

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Getty Images - US actor Richard Gere listens to the teachings of Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama at the ritual and teaching session in Bodhgaya on January 1, 2012,the first day of the Kalachakra Festival. Kalachakra 2012,

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The Dalai Lama delivers teachings during Kalachakra, where it is believed Buddha attained enlightenment. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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Getty Images - The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee prays along with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Mahabodhi Temple premises along with other monks during the sixth day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on January 6, 2012.

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The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, leading hundreds of Buddhist monks during the rituals of Kalachakra in Bodhgaya, where Buddha attained enlightenment would have. U.S. actor Richard Gere was there. © AP

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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets Tibetan Buddhism's third most important leader Ugyen Thinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, before a Kalachakra initiation session. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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Richard Gere listens to the teachings of the Dalai Lama during the first days of Kalachakra (AP Photo / Altaf Qadri)

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Getty Images - Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama (L) receives a 'Mahtama Gandhi award for reconciliation and peace' from Ghandi's grand daughter Ila Gandhi (R) during the fourth day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on January 4, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA.

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Getty Images - Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama (R) presents a statue of Buddha to Mahatma Gandhi's grandaughter Ila Gandhi during the fourth day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on January 4, 2012. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations will take place from January 1, 2012 for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar and is being attended by Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama.

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US actor Richard Gere speaks at the unveiling of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's new book 'Beyond Religion' during the last day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on Jan. 10, 2012. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations will take place from Jan. 1, 2012 for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar and will be attended by Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama. (Diptendu Dutta, AFP / Getty Images)

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Buddhist monks perform a ritual dance during the festival of Kalachakra, January 2, 2012 (AP Photo / Altaf Qadri)

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A Tibetan female oracle dances in trance as Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama reads religious scriptures on the final day of Kalachakra Buddhist festival, in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Bodh Gaya is believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment. Altaf Qadri - ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Getty Images - Tibetan dancers performs a ritual dance known as 'Cham' in the presence of Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama during the second day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on January 2, 2012.. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA.

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Buddhist monks perform a Kalachakra ritual dance in the presence of the Dalai Lama. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)

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An Oracle ritual dancer performs on the last day of the Kalachakra Festival. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images)

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Buddhist monks perform Kalachakra ritual dance in the presence of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, unseen, during the Kalachakra Buddhist festival, in the town of Bodh Gaya, believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment, Bihar, India, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Altaf Qadri - AP

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Buddhist monks perform a ritual dance during the festival of Kalachakra, January 2, 2012 (AP Photo / Altaf Qadri)

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Getty Images - Buddhist monks look on as another blows through a Buddhist trumpet at the teaching session of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during the seventh day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on January 7, 2012. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations will take place from January 1, 2012 for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar and will be attended by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

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Getty Images - Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama along with other monks makes 'Mandala' during the second day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on January 2, 2012. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations will take place from January 1, 2012 for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar and will be attended by Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA.

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