The Buddhist Hanging Scroll at Muryang Temple was designated a National Treasure on Thursday. The 14-meter (45.9-foot) scroll ...

Extending greetings to all on occasions of Pahela Baishakh, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said they are members of one family upholding harmony as the country is set to celebrate Pahela ...

Buddhist thangka paintings are visually captivating ... and their form and surrounding details are often rich with symbolism, turning them into a medium for religious storytelling. Because of this, ...

Christianity and Buddhism have experienced large losses from this “religious switching,” while rising numbers ... Empress Dowager Ling was not a warrior, but she embraced martial symbols of her own ...

Even at worst of times during colonial rule under three Christian powers, this festive day for Buddhists was never adulterated with symbols of other religions. However this year ( 2017) this long ...

I have studied Buddhism in Thailand for over a decade, including the diverse ways in which Thai Buddhists practice their religion. While the Thai Buddhism depicted in “The White Lotus” is not ...

Buddhism has adapted to rapid economic, social, cultural, and political transformations in the modern, post-modern, and globalized world. Since its inception in India in the sixth century BC, Buddhism ...

In a harsh critique, AIADMK National Spokesperson Kovai Sathyan targeted DMK General Secretary A Raja on Wednesday over his recent advice to party members to forego religious symbols like the 'Tilak' ...

It’s also a fledgling democracy and trying to establish a balance between honoring its Buddhist identity and maintaining a separation between religion and government. The compromise the country has ...

One of the greatest examples of cultural sharing in the world, is the spread of Buddhism from India to ... on historic and timeless cultural and religious links between India and Sri Lanka.

Abhishek Bauddh, who travelled from Chhattisgarh to Bodh Gaya to take part in the agitation, told Al Jazeera that all religions in India “take care and manage their own religious sites”. “So why are ...

"When they come here I also work for them." - Food offering - Much of the focus of rescue teams has been in urban Mandalay where apartment complexes have been flattened, a Buddhist religious complex ...