MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama left hospital in Mumbai on Monday morning after being treated for abdominal pain, smiling and waving to waiting photographers.
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader put his hands togetherin a traditional greeting before getting into a whiteAmbassador car and being driven away to a hotel, accompanied bypolice vehicles.
"He is feeling good and he will be resting for the next fewdays," his aide Chhime Chhoekyapa told Reuters, adding theDalai Lama would stay in Mumbai for a while.
The Dalai Lama was admitted to hospital last week aftercomplaining of "fatigue" and cancelling two foreign trips.
After he was admitted, doctors said he had abdominaldiscomfort but there was no cause for concern.
He took part in a fast for peace on Saturday from hishospital bed, aides said, along with thousands of Tibetans inother parts of India.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner had recently returned from an11-day visit to France. The visit focused mainly on lectures onBuddhism, but during it he also criticised Chinese policies inTibet.
(Reporting by Arko Datta and Nishika Patel; Editing bySimon Denyer)
