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

There’s a hidden spot in Montana where exactly 1,000 white Buddha statues stand in perfect formation. Just off the highway ...

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

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

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 superstitious Buddhist devotee wears a massive beehive hairstyle to honour a snake god. Samlee Ritthisen, 53, sports the Marge Simpson-style tower of matted hair as part of a vow she made to the ...

What caught Kadam’s eye, however, were idols of Hindu gods and goddesses in corners of the temple compound. “There was very little of the essence of Buddhism,” Kadam said. “There were so ...

The latest being Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "positive" remarks on the ties between the two countries, which China has "appreciated", saying that a "dragon-elephant dance" cooperation is the ...

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's positive remarks on China-India relations during a podcast interview and also noted that being partners in ...

TA PROHM, CAMBODIA—Archaeologists discovered the torso of a unique Buddha statue at the Ta Prohm Temple complex outside of Siem Reap, according to a statement released by Cambodia’s APSARA ...

Further, Mao Ning reiterated the recent comments by Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the development of bilateral ties asserting that a "cooperative pas de deux", a ballet between dragon and elephant, is ...

Agni, another Vedic deity, is also depicted holding a kamandalu and akshamala, modelled after the figure of Brahma according to some texts. Shiva and the related Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara, ...