Dharamsala, Sep 1 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will attend a women's' meet in California, US, in September, said the Tibetan government in exile here.

"His holiness (the Dalai Lama) will fly to California at the invitation of Maria Shriver, wife of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger," said Tenzing Takla, personal secretary of the Dalai Lama.

Schwarzenegger will also attend the meet at the Long Beach Convention Centre Sep 26 that will boast of 60 renowned speakers and panellists including Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York Maureen Dowd, Tim Russert, Tyra Banks and Anna Quindlen among others.

Shriver, who is also a well-known television personality, had visited Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, the seat of the Dalai Lama, to invite him for the conference.

The Dalai Lama has a huge following in Hollywood and the western world.

The Tibetan spiritual leader fled Tibet in 1959 along with thousands of his followers after a failed coup against the communist regime.