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OUTRAGE AFTER CHINESE TOURIST DESECRATES SACRED OBJECTS IN TIBET SHRINE
Hindustan Times Pune
|January 11, 2026
A widely shared video on Chinese social media has sparked intense outrage among Tibetans both inside Tibet and in exile after it showed a Chinese tourist desecrating sacred items inside a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, according toa report by Phayul.
The viral footage shows the tourist drinking liquid directly froma shrine altar before pouring the remaining drink into a butter lamp, an action Tibetans say represents a grave violation of religious sanctity and cultural values. Tibetans online condemned the actas far more than mere disrespect, calling it a “shameless provocation” and a “direct
This story is from the January 11, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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