Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today urged people from all faiths to give equal respect to all the religions in the world.
All the major religions in the world have visions, so people should learn the principles of such religions and use it in their day to day life, the Dalai Lama told people here in Gangtok.
Earlier, thousands of people lined up the streets here from the amy hlipad at Libing to the Circuit House to have a glimpse of the Tibetan spiritual, who arrived here today from Ravangla in South Sikkim.
The streets of the Sikkim capital were also decorated with banners welcoming the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama is on a eight-day visit of Sikkim from December 15 to 22 and already the Sikkim government has banned slaughter of animals in the state during the stay of the Tibetan spiritual leader.
