The quiet temple town of Bodh Gaya, located along the banks of the Niranjana River in Bihar, is not at peace anymore as the Buddhist community has raised a call demanding full control over their ...

Mayawati voiced support for Buddhist demands to grant full control of the Mahabodhi temple's religious practices, safety, and preservation to Buddhist monks, criticizing alleged casteist ...

In Jesus’ time, Buddhism was already five hundred years old and had spread from India in all directions within and outside the Indian sub continent. The overland route westward was through Afghanistan ...

The Buddhist celebration is unique to the Shan people of northeastern Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of whom have moved to Thailand during their country's decades of dictatorship and turmoil.

NEW YORK, April 17, 2017 — Adriana Proser, John H. Foster Senior Curator for Traditional Asian Art at Asia Society Museum in New York, provides an inside look at the Tibetan thangka paintings on ...

Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app. India is set to introduce its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month with the aim of countering China's ...

NEW DELHI: India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education programmes and foster patriotism in Himalayan religious centers ...

India is set to introduce a unified curriculum in Buddhist monasteries near the Chinese border, aiming to strengthen national identity and counter China's influence. The initiative seeks to ...

BIHAR – A row has erupted at a holy site in India, where for years Buddhist monks have prayed in front of a sacred fig tree alongside Hindus performing rituals for the peace and redemption of ...

India Overhauls Teaching in Himalayan Buddhist Monasteries to Counter China By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries ...

Accompanied by President Dissanayake, Modi visited the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple and paid his respects at the revered Buddhist shrine in Anuradhapura. Story continues below this ad After that, the ...