Ulverston s Conishead Priory holds its first Buddhist festival in 1994 nwemail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nwemail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A huge Buddhist gathering was held in the summer of 1994 at the Manjushri Centre at Conishead Priory. The festival, on the Furness peninsula near Ulverston, was due to be attended by people from as far afield as Brazil and Mexico. The event would have an international feel and spokesperson Jim Belither estimated 250 visitors would be travelling from abroad, with a delegation of 50 arriving at Conishead from Switzerland. GATHERING: The festival drew a huge number of visitors to the festival To cope with the influx of guests, the Buddhist centre had hired a 1,000-seat marquee and dormitory tents to accommodate several hundred people.