Dalai Lama's b'day under tree that grew from his walking stick

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GUWAHATI: A stick pressed into stone, then left behind. Sixty-five years later, it stands fruit-bearing and tall - a tree grown from the staff of a fleeing monk. At Zemithang in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district bordering China, lamas, villagers, and dignitaries gathered Sunday beneath the Gurusheng tree as prayers rose for the Tibetan spiritual leader's long life on his 90th birthday. This was the very spot where the 14th Dalai Lama first rested after escaping from Tibet in 1959. Locals said the walking stick he used, placed on a stone before he moved on, took root - giving rise to what is now considered a holy tree.

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