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Asia Society’s Game Changer Awards – Kung Fu Nuns of Himalayas
November 13 , 2019
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- Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture (Independent Charge) Prahlad Singh Patel felicitated the Kung Fu Nuns at New Delhi.
- The Kung Fu Nuns of the Drukpa Order, recently received the Asia Society’s prestigious Game Changer Award in New York.
- They were awarded for their path-breaking work to empower women and dismantle gender stereotypes in the Himalayas.
- The 700-strong community of Kung Fu nuns belong to the Drukpa Lineage, a thousand-year-old Buddhist tradition that began in the Himalayas.
About the Award
- The Asia Society is dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among people, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context.
- It was founded in 1956.
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