WASHINGTON — Less than half of Americans know that the Dalai Lama, who is wrapping up a two-week visit to Washington, is Buddhist, a poll shows.

In the US Religious Knowledge Survey conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, only 47 percent of Americans correctly identified the Dalai Lama as Buddhist, Pew said Friday as thousands attended a 10-day Buddhist prayer ritual for world peace, led by the Dalai Lama, in Washington.

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