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Kandy (Sri Lanka) (AFP) – Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a prized relic that will be shown to the ...
Mayawati voiced support for Buddhist demands to grant full control of the Mahabodhi temple's religious practices, safety, and preservation to Buddhist monks, criticizing alleged casteist ...
Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a prized relic that will be shown to the public for the first time in 16 ...
“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to look into a request made by the four Mahanayaka Theras to allow full Buddhist representation in the management of the Maha Bodhi Temple at Buddha Gaya in India ...
This World Heritage Day, let's celebrate India’s rich intangible cultural heritage which includes living traditions like ...
KYOTO--Inspired by a priest’s belief that Buddhist practices should evolve, the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy has manifested himself as a robot at a temple here. The android edition of ...
While Maheshwari has found her voice in creating Madhubani art on clay tiles, pots and bowls using incising and brushwork, Srirupa Sen’s vividly colourful works with warm glass is reflective of ...
Foster Senior Curator for Traditional Asian Art at Asia Society Museum in New York, provides an inside look at the Tibetan thangka paintings on display in the exhibition she co-curated, Unknown Tibet: ...
“If you let go a little, you will find a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will find a lot of peace. If you let go absolutely, you will find absolute peace and tranquility.” — Ajahn ...
An ancient Buddha statue from the early Goryeo dynasty was recently discovered at an archaeological site in North Korea. The Goryeo study saw the flourishing of Buddhist art and architecture ... at ...