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Third Statue Destroyed

March 4, 2022;

A third large Buddhist statue has been destroyed by Chinese authorities in Drago County in Tibet, this time a 45-foot tall bronze statue gilded with gold and silver statue of eighth-century Indian Tantric master Guru Padmasambhava which stood outside Chanang Monastery in Nyimo Township. It has taken four months for news of this demolition to reach the West due to the communications clampdown in the region.

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