Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 9: A video widely circulated on Chinese social media platforms has triggered strong condemnation from Tibetans inside Tibet and in exile after it showed a Chinese tourist desecrating sacred objects inside a Tibetan Buddhist monastery.
The footage, which has since spread across various platforms, shows the tourist drinking liquid directly from a shrine’s altar and then pouring the leftover drink into a butter lamp—an act Tibetans say constitutes a serious violation of religious sanctity and cultural...





