Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Buddhist history hasn’t got much attention from mainstream historians. But a new paper maps the widespread travels of a 16th-century Buddhist yogi from Rameswaram. He set out ...

Xiamen-based ceramist Hong Jinshi is known for his unique ceramic sculptures blending modern cultural figures with traditional Buddhist iconography. One of his works is particularly fitting to the ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Buddhist history hasn’t got much attention from mainstream historians. But a new paper maps the widespread travels of a 16th-century Buddhist yogi from Rameswaram.

The Governor visited the Gaushala Point of the dariya and announced that he would hold monthly meeting on the site to closely monitor the Buddha Dariya Rejuvenation Project.

“Zen” comes from “Chan,” which translates to dhyāna, a Sanskrit word meaning ... enduring strength of nature and the figure of Buddha. Similarly, water features, or “Mizu,” represent ...

There was more flaying than I expected, though not necessarily more than I wanted, at “Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet.” Any visitors going to the Met’s exhibition in search of ...

The code is six digits long. You can find out the pin code of Gautam Buddha Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh right here. The first three digits of the PIN represent a specific geographical region ...

In December, when Archaeological Survey of India’s superintending archaeologist D B Garnayak and his team took up excavations at the 5th-13th Century Buddhist complex in Ratnagiri, in Odisha’s Jajpur ...

Colombo, Sri Lanka—The sacred Buddhist landmarks in Sri Lanka have become popular pilgrimage destinations for many Bhutanese pilgrims, particularly among the elderly population. Besides spiritual ...

A leader in building India's nuclear capabilities, Chidambaram is remembered for his critical involvement in both the 1974 "Smiling Buddha" and the 1998 Pokhran-II nuclear tests, which solidified ...

The majority of Buddhists believe the same things about the Buddha and his teachings. Dhamma means 'to uphold', and therefore it is central to Buddhist belief as it 'holds up' the religion and ...

Cross-legged with his eyes half-closed in a pose evoking the Buddha, this porcelain version of America's divisive leader-in-waiting is the work of designer and sculptor Hong Jinshi. The Zen-like ...