Sri Lankan police on Thursday blocked Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Minh Tue from continuing his barefoot journey around the South Asian island until he changes his visa, a witness told Radio Free Asia.
A Vietnamese Buddhist monk on a barefoot pilgrimage from his homeland to India ran into some unexpected opposition in Sri Lanka on the latest leg of his circuitous journey around Asia.
A Vietnamese Buddhist monk on a barefoot pilgrimage from his homeland to India has given up on his attempt to walk across Myanmar and is heading to Malaysia for the next leg of his journey, a fellow monk said.
Thailand on Monday extended the visas of Vietnamese monk Thich Minh Tue and five of his companions who are on a 2,700-kilometer (1,600 mile) barefoot pilgrimage to India.