VANCOUVER, B.C. (CN) - A temple elder who claimed to be "a Buddha descended from heaven" defrauded a follower of $30,000 by claiming it would protect her from a prophesied catastrophe, a woman claims ...

He also mentioned Sankisa, where Buddha is believed to have descended from heaven after preaching to his mother, and Kushinagar, the site of his Mahaparinirvana (death). Uttar Pradesh, therefore ...