With the Thai government presenting our prime minister with the Tipitaka, I thought it would be nice to revisit Buddhism this ...

Sitting by the Mekong River, the Buddha Park ignites a sense of wonderment while also encouraging contemplation ...

It’s the sort of claim that goes down smoothly for those with post-Christian, pluralistic sensibilities. In fact, many modern ...

Glory to Ram’ is the leitmotif of culture here. Here kings had proudly sought to imbibe the virtues symbolised by Ram by ...

According to Buddhist lore, when she conceived, the queen dreamed that an auspicious white elephant entered her ... how the baby was received by the gods Indra and Brahma, and took seven steps ...

Living Traditions will run from May 22 until October 19, 2025, in the Sainsbury Exhibition Gallery at the British Museum.

Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt Buddha statues in a long procession toward the site revered as Siddhartha ...

A sculpted footprint of the Buddha, as well as friezes depicting the Hindu elephant-headed god Ganesh and the supreme Hindu deities Rama and Vishnu, amplify the chamber’s sanctity.

From the sands of My Khe Beach to the Golden Bridge on Ba Na Hills, Da Nang is a dynamic city that blends stunning landscapes ...

Their purity of spirit and body is signaled by the startling whiteness of the elephant and of the cloth ... the zenith and with prayer implored the Buddha to become the teacher of mankind, the teacher ...