Tibet Religious Foundation Held Special Prayers for Haiti

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Tibet.net
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Prayers held for the Victims of Earthquake in Haiti at Taipei. (Photo: Tibet.net)

Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama based in Taipei has organised a special prayer for the victims of devastating earthquake in Haiti that struck on 13th of this month.

The half-day special prayer was held at the Foundation’s Prayer hall on Saturday the 16 Jan. The Prayer was lead by Geshe Jampal Chozin a religious teacher of the Foundation and has been attended by staff members of the office and more than hundred dharma student from around Taipei .

The massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti . This was Haiti 's worst quake in two centuries. It hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince wrecking the presidential palace, UN HQ and other buildings.