Dharamsala, July 8 (PTI): The security of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama’s official palace and nearby Tsuglagkhang temple here was stepped up.

The security was tightened after a review by department of security of central Tibetan administration. “Security of the Dalai Lama’s private office here has been stepped up and an advisory has been issued to His Holiness’ personal security officials,” Ngodup Dorjee, the secretary of the department of security of central Tibetan administration, said. “The Tibetan spiritual leader has been provided Z-plus security by the Indian government and we have only beefed up the security of his official palace and Tsuglagkhang temple (close to the palace),” he said.

A meeting of central Tibetan administration would be held here tomorrow to review security arrangements of Tibetan monasteries and temples located across India. “Additional security force has been deployed at the Dalai Lama’s palace and the Gyuto Tantric Monastic University, where Karmapa resides, after the Bodhgaya blasts,” Balbir Thakur, superintendent of police, Kangra said.

“Police surveillance has been strengthened in and around McLeodganj and the police are in constant touch with the central intelligence agencies,” he added.

Thakur said one of the two entry gates of Tsuglagkhang temple has been closed and extra force has been deployed there and carrying of electronic items, including camera and cellphone, has been prohibited in the temple complex, he said.

Both the Dalai Lama and Karmapa are regular visitors to Bodhgaya. The Lama visited Bodhgaya twice in the past three years for teachings and religious functions, his office said. “His Holiness participated in the Kalchakra (wheel of time) ceremony and prayed for world peace at Bodhgaya from January 1 to 10, 2012, and his earlier visit to Bodhgaya was from January 4 to 10, 2010,” an official said.