The banned CPI (Maoist) retaliated to the killing of one of its senior leader Sharath and a militia member near Korukonda shandy on October 19, 2014, after it killed a native of Veeravaram village Sanjeeva Rao, by destroying an ashram of Sanjeeva Raos spiritual guru Simhachalam at Gurramveedhi village in G. Madugula mandal on Saturday night.

During the October incident Sanjeeva Raos guru Simhachalam escaped from being tried at a praja court while the Maoists were attacked.

The Maoists had also beaten up six persons in the Ashram and burnt down furniture and other material and a shed and some vehicles, according to information reaching here. An earth-moving equipment engaged in laying a nearby road was also set on fire. The Korukonda local area committee was responsible for the incident.

Along with some Maoists, a large number of militia members and sympathisers allegedly participated in the incident. They reportedly left pamphlets and hung a banner saying that the Ashram was attacked in retaliation to the killing of Sharat and the militia member and that Simhachalam would not be spared.

It may be recalled that the Maoists later claimed that in the Korukonda incident the police provoked the local Girijans to attack the Maoists.

Simhachalam was not present at the ashram when it was attacked.

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By Phuntsok Yangchen

DHARAMSHALA, January 16: The Department of Religion and Culture of the Tibetan government in exile (known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration) will host an annual general discussion on religion titled Discussion amongst the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon.

The discussion will be held from March 1-3, 2015 at the Gyuto Tantric monastery at Sidhbari, Dharamshala.

According to the official website of the Tibetan government in exile, the annual discussion aims to foster the preservation and progression of Tibetan Buddhism, and to affirm harmonious relations between the different schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon religion.

The discussion invites one participant each from the monasteries with 50-100 monks/nuns, two participants from the monasteries with 101-500 monks/nuns, three from those with 501-1000 and four from the monasteries with more than 1000 monk/nuns.

The Department of Religion and Culture works at reviving, preserving, and promotion of Tibetan religious and cultural heritages that is being led to the verge of extinction in Tibet. It also supervises 262 monasteries and nunneries in India, Nepal, and Bhutan and oversees approximately 39,479 monks or clergies living in these institutions.

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Monks of four traditions and Bon to meet annually for religious harmony