New Delhi, July 9 -- Amid an ongoing campaign by a group of MPs demanding the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, for the Dalai Lama, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has also called for the same, saying that he will write to the central government to recommend the honour for the Tibetan spiritual leader.

Khandu also said it was the Dalai Lama who propagated and expanded the Nalanda school of Buddhism, which was born in India.

"Way back in the 8th century, from the Nalanda University, many gurus went to Tibet. At that time, there used to be a Bon religion in Tibet. By combining the Bon religion and Buddhism, the concept of Tibetan Buddhism emerged. So Buddhism spread throughout Tibet," the Arunachal Pradesh CM said...