In his absence, members of the England team visited his North Indian residence in the Buddhist temple complex at McLeod Ganj, which is about 10 miles from their base.
Each morning Lama Lobtsul, the lama in residence at the Buddhist center Palri Pema Od Ling in Austin, enters the temple and performs the important task of arranging offerings of water, candles and incense in front of the rare statue of Guru Rinpoche.
The Dalai Lama had a different question for Davidson when he visited the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader at his residence in Dharamsala, India.
Avoid excessive physical contact and take your shoes off before entering any Buddhist temples or Thai personal residences.
Also in Itanagar are the governor's residence and a picturesque Buddhist temple, each crowning one of the city's two prominent peaks.
But in a novel use of soft power, Vietnam said earlier this week that six Buddhist monks will soon take up residence on one of the Spratlys.
Religious activities have also been restricted, the ICT said, adding that the path used by the Buddhists around the Potala, the former residence of the Dalai Lama, was rendered inaccessible by the construction of a large stage.
Other distinctive buildings in the city are the Wolvendahl Church, built by the Dutch in 1749; a complex of hospitals; the University of Colombo (1921); several Buddhist and Hindu temples; and the residences of the head of state and of the prime minister.
After becoming a Buddhist priest, Ono no Imoko took up residence at Rokkaku-dō, a small temple in what was to become Kyōto.
The government buildings may have moved but the city, renamed Luang Prabang when the royal image of Buddha, the Pra Bang, took up residence there, remains the nucleus of Buddhist study in the country.
