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 ...

The first Buddhist churches of any kind in the country were built in the Bay Area in the early 1850s by Chinese migrant ...

Myanmar's religious temples stood as symbols of faith and history. After the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake, many are ...

The howling of wind and pounding of hooves, the battle cries and clinking of cold glistening sword, the solemn chanting of ...

It remained under Buddhist management for years until major political changes in the region in the 13th century, said Imtiaz Ahmed, professor of medieval history at Patna University. The invasion ...

The Buddhist deities depicted here have round faces, thick lips, deep-set eyes and high-bridged noses. Their physiques are ...

What is important to note about two Buddhist sites making headlines—one in Sri Lanka and the other in India? Are you aware of ...

The artistic traditions at Ajanta present an important and rare specimen of art, architecture, painting, and socio-cultural, religious and political history of contemporary society in India. The ...

The first Buddhist churches of any kind in the country ... The groundbreaking for the new main church building, the fourth in its history, was held in October 1962, and it was completed in 1963.