Kochi, Friday, September 03, 2010: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will inaugurate the World Congress of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) at the Renewal Centre here on Saturday. The theme of the congress is “Beyond conflict to reconciliation: The challenge of the 21st century.”

The four-day seminar on religious freedom would be attended by social and religious leaders from different parts of the world.
He would also give a private audience to Friends of Tibet here, which was organising an exhibition of historic photographs on Tibet and the Dalai Lama and artifacts from Tibet, the release said.

The Dalai Lama will interact with participants of the congress after the inaugural session.
He will be presented the Albert Schweitzer Award.