The Ramagrama Stupa dating back to 600 BC holds a distinguished place on the UNESCO Heritage Tentative List as “the sole undisturbed original stupa containing relics of Lord Buddha. Dr.

The gems were precious, but the bones and ash even more so, for according to an inscription on the reliquary, they belonged to Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. The Piprahwa gems were placed along ...

The historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, taught that family ties were obstacles to enlightenment. According to the Buddha, attachment to family causes suffering because family relationships ...

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In Hong Kong, Buddha’s birthday is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, which this year lands on May 15. Hong Kong declared it a public holiday in 1998; Buddhism is a major ...

A giant Buddha statue has been damaged by a fire in ... The statue was built in 1998 as a replica of an original which is thought to have dated back to around 425 AD. This older iteration was ...