As images of the devastation in Nepal become more prevalent in the wake of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, one brightly-coloured symbol flies in stark contrast to the rubble: Tibetan Buddhist prayer ...

Buddhist or Hindu religious symbols appear on five national flags; in three of those cases, the symbols apply to both religions. The Cambodian flag depicts Angkor Wat, a temple historically associated ...

The idea of designing a Buddhist flag was mooted by the Colombo Committee organising the Vesak celebrations and was hailed by Colonel Olcott who made the following observation in his 'Old Diary Leaves ...

Today as we celebrate Vesak, D.C. Ranatunga unfurls the birth of the Buddhist flag - a symbol of Buddhist unity and reverence, created during the Buddhist revivalist movement in colonial Sri Lanka ...

The multicoloured flag that signifies several important Buddhist teachings was designed in 1885 and officially adopted by the religious community in 1952.

The flag, which consists of a blue wheel of dharma symbol — or, Dharmachakra — against a white backdrop, first flew on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer McFaul on Sept. 11 in observance of a ...

symbols and their SIGNIFICANCE A Lung ta or wind horse, with flaming jewels on its back, is at the centre of prayer flags .Flaming jewels represent the Buddha, Buddhist teachings and the community.