Featured photojournalist: Altaf Qadri

Buddhist monks shop for sandals from a roadside vendor at dusk in Bodhgaya, India, believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment, ahead of the Kalachakra Buddhist festival Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Buddhist monks have their heads shaved Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

An Indian worker carries a pair of loudspeakers during the preparations for the upcoming Kalachakra Buddhist festival Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Buddhist monks at a monastery in Bodhgaya Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Buddhist monks and devotees meditate in the compound of Mahabodhi temple Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives in Bodhgaya Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Buddhist monks and other devotees wait to welcome their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

A young Buddhist monk jumps over spilled tea near the venue of the Kalachakra Buddhist festival Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

A Chinese devotee holds an idol as he and others listen to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during the Kalachakra Buddhist festival Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Buddhist monks hold kettles to be filled with tea that will be served to Buddhist devotees Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

A young Buddhist monk picks up a bread inside a kitchen from a pile that will feed Buddhist devotees Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Buddhist volunteers pour milk into a huge pot to prepare tea for Buddhist devotees Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

The Dalai Lama is silhouetted as he teaches an assembly of monks and devotees Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Buddhist monks listen to the teachings of the Dalai Lama Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP