(philstar.com) Updated April 17, 2010 08:00 PM
LHASA (Xinhua) - More than 100 Tibetan Buddhist monks on Saturday prayed at Lhasa's ancient Jokhang Temple for blessings for quake-affected people of Qinghai Province.
A 7.1-magnitude quake struck Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in southern Qinghai early Wednesday. By Saturday morning, authorities had confirmed 1,339 deaths and 11,849 injuries due to the quake, while 332 remain missing.
Most of the Yushu population are ethnic Tibetans.
In Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, monks gathered at the 1,350-year-old Jokhang Temple early Saturday from monasteries in and around the city. They prayed and made donations amounting to 450,000 yuan (65,982 U.S. dollars).
Puncog Cering, Secretary General of China Buddhist Association's Tibet branch, told Xinhua Tibetan religious circles should unite to help the earthquake victims.
"It's our responsibility to stand by our compatriots in this most difficult time," he said.
The association also called for a rally from all Tibetan Buddhist temples to show support.
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