RNS-BHUTAN-ELECT

June 19, 2013
[social_warfare]

Student lamas await the arrival of the royal bride in Bhutan on Oct. 13, 2011. Political leaders in the tiny Buddhist nation of Bhutan have announced a nearly six-month ban on all public religious activities ahead of the upcoming elections, citing the Himalayan nation's constitution that says “religion shall remain above politics.”

Student lamas await the arrival of the royal bride in Bhutan on Oct. 13, 2011. Political leaders in the tiny Buddhist nation of Bhutan have announced a nearly six-month ban on all public religious activities ahead of the upcoming elections, citing the Himalayan nation's constitution that says “religion shall remain above politics.”