Dalai Lama may receive Gandhi award in India

October 13, 2011 14:02

Barred from entering South Africa, Nobel peace laureate the Dalai Lama may receive the South African award named after Mahatma Gandhi in India.
Gandhi's granddaughter, Ela, may travel to India to bestow the award on Tibetan spiritual leader.

The Dalai Lama was picked up for the annual Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace by South Africa-based Gandhi Development Trust.

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